Where does “materio” come from?

materio (Esperanto) comes from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

materio (Esperanto): matter

Definitions

  1. matter

Ancestry of “materio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
2Latinmātermother female parent
3Proto-Italicmātērmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “materio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →