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Where does “mattea” come from?

mattea (Latin) comes from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mattea (Latin): A dainty dish, a delicacy

Definitions

  1. A dainty dish, a delicacy

Ancestry of “mattea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mattea”

  • massacre
  • maze
  • mace
  • macho
  • machete
  • machismo
  • mazy
  • maser
  • mashie
  • mazelike
  • mazer
  • macer
  • massacrer
  • massacree
  • reedmace
  • mazily
  • mazard
  • mashy
  • machoism
  • watermaze
  • maziness
  • hypermacho
  • supermacho
  • macelike
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