myEtymology.com: English etymology of matriculating

Etymology of the English word matriculating

the English word matriculating

derived from the English word matriculate

derived from the Medieval Latin word matriculare

derived from the Latin word matricula (public register; list, roll)

derived from the Late Latin word matrix (womb, groundwork, mold; dam, female animal kept for breeding; parent tree)

derived from the Late Latin word mater (mother; mother, foster mother; lady)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *māter- (mother)