Where does “მატადორი” come from?
მატადორი (Georgian) comes from Spanish matador, from Spanish matar, from Latin mattāre, from Late Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
მატადორი (Georgian): matador
Ancestry of “მატადორი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | matador | a slaughterer, a killer; matador, a featured... |
| 2 | Spanish | matar | to kill, slay; to put out, extinguish; to butcher |
| 3 | Latin | mattāre | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 5 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 6 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 7 | Latin | madeō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |