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Where does “māteriālis” come from?

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

Ancestry of “māteriālis”, step by step

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