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Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *swekrus, earlier *swekrū, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
socrus f (genitive socrūs); fourth declension
- mother-in-law
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Descendants
See alternative forms.
Etymology 2
Masculine counterpart to socra. Attested in late glosses and inscriptions from North Africa.[1]
Noun
socrus m (genitive socrī); second declension (Late Latin)
- father-in-law
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
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.
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