Where does “materiel” come from?

materiel (Danish) comes from French matériel, from Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

materiel (Danish): material; equipment, supplies; hardware

Definitions

  1. material; equipment, supplies; hardware

Ancestry of “materiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmatérielequipment, supplies; hardware; material
2Latinmāteriālismaterial (made of matter)
3Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
4Latinmātermother female parent
5Proto-Italicmātērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →