Etymograph

English

matitudinal

Matitudinal comes from Middle French matutinal, from Late Latin mātūtīnālis ‘(adjective) belonging to the morning’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- ‘to ripen, mature’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂-‘to ripen, mature’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMātūta‘Roman goddess of the dawn or morning’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmātūtīnus‘of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmātūtīnālis‘(adjective) belonging to the morning’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600matutinal
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1825matitudinal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₂-‘to ripen, mature’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMātūta‘Roman goddess of the dawn or morning’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmātūtīnus‘of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmātūtīnālis‘(adjective) belonging to the morning’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600matutinal
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1825matitudinal

Earliest quotation: 1825, Rev. Dr. Dryasdust pseudonym, The Lost Wig: “It so happened, that one morning, while Lord C——…”

The story

A variant of matutinal (possibly influenced by French matin (‘morning’)), which is borrowed from Middle French matutinal (modern French matutinal), and from its etymon Late Latin mātūtīnālis (‘(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds’), from Latin mātūtīnus (‘of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine’) (from Mātūta (‘Roman goddess of the dawn or morning’) (from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (‘to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great’)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- ‘to ripen, mature’

most, mo, mistress, mature, maturity, maduro, demure, maturation, magisterial, mañana, matins, 18 more

through Latin mātūtīnus ‘of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early…’

mat, matinee, matin, 3 more

Today it means

adj Of, occurring in, or relating to the morning, especially the early morning upon waking up.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- / matitudinal

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