matrimonial

Forms

matrimonial m or f (plural matrimoniais)^[1] Houaiss's historical forms include the 15th-century spelling matrimoniall.^[2]

Etymology

It is borrowed from Latin mātrimōniālis (“of marriage”), a learned word of the 15th century.^[2][3][1][4] Cunha lists it under matrimônio, which Houaiss dates to the 14th century.^[3][5]

The same Latin adjective is Galician matrimonial, Spanish matrimonial, Catalan matrimonial, French matrimonial, Italian matrimoniale and Romanian matrimonial.^[1][6] The French word was borrowed in the 14th century.^[7]

The Latin adjective is formed from mātrimōnium (“marriage”) with the suffix -ālis.^[8][1] The noun is māter (“mother”) with the suffix -mōnium, on the model of patrimōnium.^[1][7] The adjective is post-classical in Latin.^[9]

Earliest recorded meaning

Vieira quotes Fernão Lopes's Crónica de D. Pedro I: the canons forbid a copulla do matrimonial aiuntamento, the union of marriage, between relatives.^[10] Houaiss and Cunha both date the word to the 15th century.^[2][3]

Semantic evolution

Bluteau (1712) glosses it with Latin conjugalis and refers to conjugal, and Morais (1813) defines it as what concerns marriage.^[11][12] Aurélio gives conjugal and jugal as synonyms and the phrase enlace matrimonial, "the marriage bond".^[13]

Timeline

• 15th century – matrimonial in Fernão Lopes's Crónica de D. Pedro I.^[10][2][3]
• 1712 – Bluteau lists it with Latin conjugalis.^[11]
• 1755 – Folqman glosses it conjugalis, matrimonialis.^[14]
• 1772 – matrimonial in a private letter.^[15]
• 1813 – Morais defines it as concerning marriage.^[12]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Relating to matrimônio or marriage; conjugal: Os dois resolveram a crise matrimonial com calma.^[2][13][16]

Related words

• matrimônio
• mãe
• matrona
• Latin mātrimōnium
• Spanish matrimonial

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. matrimonial
3. ^ a b c d Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2010), Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th ed., Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon, p. s.v. matrimônio
4. ^ Nascentes, Antenor (1966), Dicionário etimológico resumido, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, p. s.v. matrimonial
5. ^ Houaiss, Antônio; Villar, Mauro de Salles (2001), Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, p. s.v. matrimônio
6. ^ Real Academia Española; Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2014–), Diccionario de la lengua española, 23rd ed., online version 23.8, https://dle.rae.es, p. s.v. matrimonial
7. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert, p. s.v. matrimonial
8. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. s.v. mātrimōniālis
9. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. s.v. mātrimōniālis
10. ^ a b Vieira, Frei Domingos (1871–1874), Grande Diccionario Portuguez ou Thesouro da lingua portugueza, 5 vols., Porto: Ernesto Chardron e Bartholomeu H. de Moraes, p. 4, 168
11. ^ a b Bluteau, Raphael (1712–1728), Vocabulario portuguez e latino, 8 vols. + 2 supplement vols., Coimbra / Lisboa (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. matrimonial
12. ^ a b Silva, António de Morais (1813), Diccionario da lingua portugueza, 2nd ed., 2 vols., Lisboa: Typographia Lacerdina, p. 2, 277
13. ^ a b Ferreira, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda, Novo dicionário Aurélio da língua portuguesa, digital edition, p. s.v. matrimonial
14. ^ Folqman, Carlos (1755), Diccionario portuguez, e latino, Lisboa: Régia Officina Silviana (CLP transcription, Universidade de Aveiro), p. s.v. matrimonial
15. ^ CLUL (ed.) (2014), P.S. Post Scriptum: Arquivo Digital de Escrita Quotidiana em Portugal e Espanha na Época Moderna, Lisboa: Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa, http://ps.clul.ul.pt, p. s.v. matrimonial
16. ^ Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, revised online edition (2023–) of the Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea (2001), https://dicionario.acad-ciencias.pt, p. s.v. matrimonial