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Where does “antimateria” come from?

antimateria (Finnish) comes from Finnish materia, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

antimateria (Finnish): antimatter

Definitions

  1. antimatter

Ancestry of “antimateria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmateriamatter
2Latinmāteria—
3Latinmāter—
4Proto-Italicmātērmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
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