Where does “Materia” come from?
Materia (Latin) comes from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
Ancestry of “Materia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | māter | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | mātēr | mother |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |