socrus

Latin

Etymology 1

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socrus

atavia

atavus

abavia

abavus

proavia

proavus

avia

/

ava māterna

(LL.)

avus māternus

avia

/

ava paterna

(LL.)

avus paternus

sobrīna

/

cōnsobrīna

sobrīnus

/

cōnsobrīnus

mātruēlis

/

cōnsobrīna

mātruēlis

/

cōnsobrīnus

sobrīna

/

cōnsobrīna

sobrīnus

/

cōnsobrīnus

patruēlis

/

cōnsobrīna

patruēlis

/

cōnsobrīnus

mātertera

avunculus

amita

patruus

/

barbās

(ML.)

māter

pater

sobrīna

/

neptis

/

neptia

(LL.)

sobrīnus

/

nepōs

frātruēlis

(LL.) /

neptis

/

neptia

(LL.)

nepōs

/

frātruus

(ML.) /

frātruēlis

(LL.)

sorōrius

/

marītus sorōris

soror

frāter

frātria

/

uxor frātris

socrus

/

socra

(LL.)

socer

/

patraster

prōsocrus

prōsocer

absocrus

absocer

soror uxōris

frāter uxōris

glōs

lēvir

uxor

/

marīta

/

coniunx

/

nūpta

marītus

/

coniunx

gener

/

fīliaster

fīlia

/

nāta

fīlius

/

nātus

nurus

/

fīliastra

prōgener

neptis

/

neptia

(LL.)

nepōs

prōnurus

proneptis

pronepōs

abneptis

abnepōs

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros

Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂

Proto-Italic *swekrus

Latin socrus

From Proto-Italic *swekrus, earlier *swekrū, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).

Alternative forms

• socera (nonstandard)
• socra (late, proscribed)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ.krʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔː.krus]

Noun

socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension

1. mother-in-law

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	socrus	socrūs
genitive	socrūs	socruum
dative	socruī	socribus
accusative	socrum	socrūs
ablative	socrū	socribus
vocative	socrus	socrūs

Related terms

• cōnsocer
• socer

Descendants

(Note: see alternative forms.)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros

Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂

Proto-Italic *swekrus

Classical Latin socrus

Late Latin socrabf.

Latin socrus

Masculine counterpart to socra. Attested in late glosses and inscriptions from North Africa.

Noun

socrus m (genitive socrī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. father-in-law

Coordinate terms

• socra

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: socru
  • Romanian: socru
• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan:

    suecru (Apulia)

    suocro (Basilicata, Campania)

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: socru, sorgu
• North Italian:
  • Romansh: sir, sör
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: suire m
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: sogre
  • Occitan: sògre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: sogro
    • Galician: sogro
    • Portuguese: sogro
  • Old Leonese: suegro, soglo
    • Asturian: suegru
    • Mirandese: suogro
  • Old Spanish: suegro
    • Ladino: suegro / סואיגרו
    • Spanish: suegro

Further reading

• “socrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “socrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “socrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.