Etymology

matricula

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Today it means: A register of students who are enrolled. Full definition →

Latin matricula ← Proto-Italic *mātēr ← Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Italic*mātēr
  3. Latinmāter
  4. Latinmātrīx
  5. Latinmatricula
  6. English todaymatricula

Borrowed from Latin matricula (“register”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.