Words that come from Latin “madere”

70 words across 18 languages descend from Latin madere — including mat, matte, matt, doormat, maté, matty, matboard, matlike.

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English (25)

Finnish (13)

Dutch (7)

French (3)

Swedish (3)

Latin (2)

Russian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Portuguese (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Irish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old English (1)

Middle English (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Swedish (1)