The story
- Old French · derived frommatines
- Middle English · inherited frommatyns
- English todaymatins
From Middle English matyns, matynes, from Old French matines.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
matins
Today it means: Together with lauds, the earliest of the canonical hours; traditionally prayed at sunrise or earlier. Full definition →
Middle English matyns ← Old French matines