Where does “metamateriale” come from?

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

metamateriale (Italian): metamaterial

Definitions

  1. metamaterial

Ancestry of “metamateriale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaterialematerial; physical, bodily; rough, uncouth
2Latinmāteriālismaterial (made of matter)
3Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
4Latinmātermother female parent
5Proto-Italicmātērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →