Where does “antimatière” come from?

antimatière (French) comes from French matière, from Old French matiere, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

antimatière (French): antimatter

Definitions

  1. antimatter

Ancestry of “antimatière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmatièrematerial; matter; content, matter
2Old Frenchmatierematerial
3Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
4Latinmātermother female parent
5Proto-Italicmātērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →