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Where does “matérialiste” come from?

matérialiste (French) comes from French matériel, from Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

matérialiste (French): materialist; materialistic

Definitions

  1. materialist; materialistic

Ancestry of “matérialiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmatérielequipment, supplies; hardware; material
2Latinmāteriālis—
3Latinmāteria—
4Latinmāter—
5Proto-Italicmātērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “matérialiste”

  • materialist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →