cumătru

Etymology
Possibly from a Common  < Latin. However, the corresponding forms in other Slavic languages are different, such as Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian , which leads some linguists to propose that the Romanian word may have been derived analogically as a masculine from the related feminine form , and this possibly directly from. Compare Spanish, Italian , French.

Noun

 * 1) godfather (of one's child)
 * 2)  term used to address others of the same age, used more often in the countryside