Where does “mumble-matins” come from?

mumble-matins (English) comes from English matins, from Middle English matyns, from Old French matines.

mumble-matins (English): A Roman Catholic priest

Definitions

  1. A Roman Catholic priest

Ancestry of “mumble-matins”, step by step

mumble-matins traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English matins

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmatinsTogether with lauds, the earliest of the...
2Middle Englishmatynsmatins earliest canonical hour
3Old Frenchmatines—

via English mumble

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmumbleTo speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to...
2Middle Englishmomelen—
Every word from Old French matines →Every word from Middle English matyns →Every word from English matins →