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Where does “madrier” come from?

madrier (English) comes from French madrier, from Old Occitan madier, from Latin materium, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

madrier (English): A thick plank, used for several mechanical...

Definitions

  1. A thick plank, used for several mechanical...

Ancestry of “madrier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmadrierbeam
2Old Occitanmadier—
3Latinmaterium—
4Latinmāteria—
5Latinmāter—
6Proto-Italicmātērmother
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →