Where does “mat” come from?

mat (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mat, from Old French mat, 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,...

mat (Dutch): rug, mat; mullet; checkmate

Definitions

  1. rug, mat; mullet; checkmate

Ancestry of “mat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmatcheckmate
2Old Frenchmatcheckmated; in checkmate
3Latinmattusdrunk, intoxicated
4Latinmaditus
5Latinmaderepresent active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
6Latinmadeōto be wet or moist
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “mat

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d-