Where does “mato” come from?

mato (Catalan) comes from Latin matta, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mato (Catalan): cottage cheese, curd cheese

Definitions

  1. cottage cheese, curd cheese

Ancestry of “mato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmattanominative feminine singular of mattus;...
2Latinmattusdrunk, intoxicated
3Latinmaditus—
4Latinmaderepresent active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
5Latinmadeōto be wet or moist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
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