Where does “matins” come from?

Matins comes from Old French matines, a liturgical office traditionally recited in the early morning hours.

matins (English): Together with lauds, the earliest of the...

Definitions

  1. Together with lauds, the earliest of the...

Ancestry of “matins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmatynsmatins earliest canonical hour
2Old Frenchmatines

Words derived from “matins

Every word from Old French matinesEvery word from Middle English matyns