Where does “madrepatria” come from?
madrepatria (Italian) comes from Italian patria, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
madrepatria (Italian): motherland, homeland
Definitions
- motherland, homeland
Ancestry of “madrepatria”, step by step
madrepatria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian patria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | patria | one's native land or country; homeland,... |
| 2 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 3 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 4 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 5 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |