Where does “mattare” come from?
mattare (Italian) comes from Italian matto, from 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,...
mattare (Italian): to kill; to torture; to checkmate
Definitions
- to kill; to torture; to checkmate
Ancestry of “mattare”, step by step
mattare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian matto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | matto | mad, crazy; madman; Clipping of scacco matto |
| 2 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 3 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 4 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 5 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via Latin mactāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mactāre | — |