Where does “madrina” come from?

madrina (Spanish) comes from Latin matrina, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

madrina (Spanish): godmother

Definitions

  1. godmother

Ancestry of “madrina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmatrinagodmother
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “madrina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →