matro

Esperanto

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Italic *mātēr

Latin māter

Ido matrobor.

Esperanto matro

Borrowed from Ido matro, from Latin māter (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatro/

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• Rhymes: -atro
• Syllabification: ma‧tro

Noun

matro (accusative singular matron, plural matroj, accusative plural matrojn)

1. (literary, neologism) mother

   Synonyms: patrino, (child's term) panjo (“mom, mommy”)

   Coordinate term: patro (“father”)

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian madre, Spanish madre, from Latin māter, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmatro/

Noun

matro (plural matri)

1. mother

   Synonyms: mama, (diminutive) matreto, (archaic) patrino

   Hypernyms: genitoro (“parent”), (archaic) patro (“parent”)

   Coordinate terms: patro (“father”), papa (“father”), (diminutive) patreto, (archaic) patrulo

Usage notes

Originally patro meant "parent", while the derivatives patrulo meant "father" and patrino meant "mother", but in later times this was changed so patro meant father, while adding genitoro and matro to mean "parent" and "mother".

Derived terms

• baptomatro (“godmother”)
• bomatro (“mother-in-law”)
• matrala (“maternal”)
• matreso (“motherhood, maternity”)
• matreto (“mommy”)
• stifa matro/stif-matro (“stepmother”)

Descendants

• → Esperanto: matro

Further reading

• matr-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Swedish

Etymology

From mat (“food”) +‎ ro (“peace, tranquility”). Compare Finnish ruokarauha.

Noun

matro c

1. peace and quiet while eating

   Ge oss matro ― Let us eat in peace

Declension

Declension of matro

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	matro	matros
	definite	matron	matrons
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “matro”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “matro”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)