matrigna
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin mātrīnea, from māter (“mother”) + -īneus (“relative suffix”). Compare Late Latin mātrīna (“stepmother, godmother”); alternatively from Late Latin mātrigna, after the model of prīvignus (“stepson”).
Noun[edit]
matrigna f (plural matrigne)
- stepmother
- Antonym: patrigno
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- figliastro (“stepson, stepchild”)
- patrigno