Etymology

matrona

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Today it means: In Ancient Rome, a wife of an honorable man. Full definition →

Latin mātrōna
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed frommātrōna“matron”
  2. English todaymatrona

Borrowed from Latin mātrōna (“matron”), from māter (“mother; matron”). Doublet of matron.

Words from the same roots

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