Where does “materialist” come from?
Materialist derives from English material, which comes from Latin -ista, Ancient Greek -ιστής, Latin -alis, Latin -ia, Ancient Greek -ία, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr meaning mother.
materialist (English): Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with...
Definitions
- Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with...
Ancestry of “materialist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | material | Having to do with matter; consisting of matter;... |
| 2 | Middle English | material | Extant in matter or having physical form;... |
| 3 | Late Latin | materialis | material |
| 4 | Latin | māteria | — |
| 5 | Latin | māter | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mātēr | mother |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |
Words derived from “materialist”