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Where does “materas” come from?

materas (French) comes from French mater, from Middle French macter, from Old French macter, from Latin mactō, from Latin mactus, from Proto-Italic maktos, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱtós, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- — to raise, increase; long.

materas (French): second-person singular future of mater

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future of mater

Ancestry of “materas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaterto checkmate; to suppress, quell; to ogle, to...
2Middle Frenchmacterto kill; to immolate
3Old Frenchmacterto kill; to immolate
4Latinmactō—
5Latinmactusglorified, worshiped, honored, adored
6Proto-Italicmaktosglorified, worshiped, honored, adored
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱtós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long
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