English
mater dolorosa
Mater dolorosa comes from Latin mater dolorosa ‘sorrowful mother’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmater dolorosa‘sorrowful mother’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmater dolorosa‘sorrowful mother’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin mater dolorosa
Today it means
noun The Virgin Mary represented as the sorrowing mother.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mater dolorosa / mater dolorosa