Etymology of the French word matriçage
the French word
matriçagederived from the Old French word
matricederived 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)
using the French suffix
-agederived from the Vulgar Latin suffix
-aticumderived from the Latin suffix
-aticusderived from the Latin suffix
-icusderived from the Greek suffix
-ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix
-atDate
The earliest known usage of matriçage in French dates from the 20th century.
