matins
Meaningmorning (prayers)
Common meaning: morning prayer
- matinof the morningLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1121 · scan
- splural ending
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin mātūtīnus ‘of the morning’.
Roots
- mātūtīnus, -a, -um Latin “of the morning”
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