Where does “matière” come from?

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

matière (French): material; matter; content, matter

Definitions

  1. material; matter; content, matter

Ancestry of “matière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmatierematerial
2Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
3Latinmātermother female parent
4Proto-Italicmātērmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “matière”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →