Where does “Mateo” come from?
Mateo (Esperanto) comes from Spanish maté, from French mât, from Middle French mast, from Old French mast, from Latin mastus, from Frankish mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
Mateo (Esperanto): maté, yerba mate
Definitions
- maté, yerba mate
Ancestry of “Mateo”, step by step
Mateo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish maté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | maté | matte |
| 2 | French | mât | mast; flagstaff |
| 3 | Middle French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 4 | Old French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 5 | Latin | mastus | ship mast |
| 6 | Frankish | mast | ship mast; mast |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mastaz | rod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mazdos | pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,... |
via Latin matthaeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | matthaeus | of biblical origin |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ματθαῖος | disciple of Jesus in Christianity |
| 3 | Hebrew | מַתִּתְיָהוּ | — |
| 4 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | to be, to become, to fall, to happen |