patrigno

Italian

Alternative forms

• padrigno

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *patrignus < Latin pater, or with the suffix -ineus added.

Noun

patrigno m (plural patrigni)

1. stepfather

   Antonym: matrigna

Related terms

• padre

See also

• figliastro (“stepson, stepchild”)
• matrigna (“stepmother”)