patrinus

Latin

Etymology

From patr- (“father”) +‎ -īnus. First attested in the eighth century CE.^[1]

Noun

patrinus m (genitive patrinī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. godfather
   • ⟦№⟧ 125 ⟦Infans⟧ Maria Barbara ⟦Parentes⟧ Jacob Borer et Anna Maria Krumackheri ⟦Patrini⟧ Jacob Baschung et Barbara Borere. ⟦Annus et dies⟧ 13. 8b[ris] 1733. ⟦Locus⟧ Parentes ex Castel patrinus ex Melti[n]g[en] Mühle matrina ex Breitenbach ^[2]

Coordinate terms

• mātrīna

Derived terms

• patrīna

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: padrino
  • Sicilian: parrinu
    • → Maltese: parrinu
• North Italian:
  • Emilian: padren
  • Ligurian: poin, poen
  • Romansch: padrin, padrign
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: parrain, parrein, parrin
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: padrí
  • Occitan: pairin
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: padrín
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: padrỹo
    • Galician: padriño
    • Portuguese: padrinho
  • Spanish: padrino

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 35: “il padrino” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “patrīnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 23
2. Switzerland, Solothurn State Archive, parish book 257 Rohr-Breitenbach 1729–1797, page 029, entry 01 (christening № 125 on 13 October 1733)