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Where does “matériel” come from?

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

matériel (French): equipment, supplies; hardware; material

Definitions

  1. equipment, supplies; hardware; material

Ancestry of “matériel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “matériel”

  • materialism
  • materiel
  • postmaterialism
  • antimaterialism
  • nonmaterialism
  • antimateriel
  • immatérialité
  • matos
  • immatériellement
  • immatériel
  • matérialisme
  • Materialismus
  • immateriell
  • Immaterialität
  • materiel
  • materiell
  • materializmus
  • materiell
  • materiel
  • მატერიალიზმი
  • materializm
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