Where does “mareperla” come from?

mareperla (Catalan) comes from Catalan mare, from Latin mater, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mareperla (Catalan): mother-of-pearl

Definitions

  1. mother-of-pearl

Ancestry of “mareperla”, step by step

mareperla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan mare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmaremother
2Latinmatermother; matron of a house; honorific title
3Proto-Italicmātērmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Catalan perla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanperlapearl; pall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin mater →