Where does “mattāre” come from?
mattāre (Latin) comes from Late 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,...
Ancestry of “mattāre”, step by step
mattāre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin mattus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 2 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 3 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 4 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via Latin mactāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mactāre | — |