Where does “métamatériau” come from?

métamatériau (French) comes from French matériau, from Old French material, from Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

métamatériau (French): metamaterial

Definitions

  1. metamaterial

Ancestry of “métamatériau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmatériaumaterial
2Old Frenchmaterial—
3Latinmāteriālismaterial (made of matter)
4Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
5Latinmātermother female parent
6Proto-Italicmātērmother
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →