socer

Latin

Alternative forms

socerus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swekuros, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ker/, [ˈsɔ.kɛr]

Noun

socer m (genitive socerī); second declension

father-in-law

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	socer	socerī
Genitive	socerī	socerōrum
Dative	socerō	socerīs
Accusative	socerum	socerōs
Ablative	socerō	socerīs
Vocative	socer	socerī

Related terms

Descendants

Aromanian: socru
Asturian: suegru
Catalan: sogre
Friulian: suesar
Galician: sogro
Italian: suocero

Neapolitan: suogre
Occitan: sògre
Portuguese: sogro
Romanian: socru
Sardinian: socru, sogru
Sicilian: soggiru
Spanish: suegro

Further reading

socer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
socer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
socer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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