Where does “-matica” come from?
-matica (Italian) comes from Romanian mata, from Romanian dumneata, from Romanian domnia, from Romanian ta, from Vulgar Latin ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.
Ancestry of “-matica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mata | you |
| 2 | Romanian | dumneata | you |
| 3 | Romanian | domnia | — |
| 4 | Romanian | ta | feminine singular of tău your; yours |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | ta | — |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |