Where does “mat” come from?
Mat comes from French matte, from Latin matta, combined with the Latin suffix -alis and -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr.
mat (English): A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping...
Definitions
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping...
Ancestry of “mat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | matte | mat piece of coarse material |
| 2 | Old English | meatte | mat |
| 3 | Latin | matta | nominative feminine singular of mattus;... |
| 4 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 5 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 6 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 7 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |