Where does “māteria” come from?

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

māteria (Latin): matter; material; component stuff; substance

Definitions

  1. matter; material; component stuff; substance

Ancestry of “māteria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmātermother female parent
2Proto-Italicmātērmother
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “māteria”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →