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Where does “materiale” come from?

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

materiale (Italian): material; physical, bodily; rough, uncouth

Definitions

  1. material; physical, bodily; rough, uncouth

Ancestry of “materiale”, step by step

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

Words derived from “materiale”

  • materializzazione
  • multimateriale
  • geomateriale
  • nanomateriale
  • smaterializzare
  • materializzare
  • materialmente
  • smaterializzazione
  • biomateriale
  • materialista
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