Where does “antimatter” come from?
Antimatter derives from English anti- and matter, with matter from Latin materia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr.
antimatter (English): Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of...
Definitions
- Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of...
Ancestry of “antimatter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | matter | Substance, material; A condition, subject or... |
| 2 | Middle English | matere | Matter or stuff; that which things are composed... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | matere | — |
| 4 | Latin | māteria | — |
| 5 | Latin | māter | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mātēr | mother |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |