Where does “żmatta” come from?

żmatta (Maltese) comes from Italian smettere, from Italian mettere, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

żmatta (Maltese): to become untidy

Definitions

to become untidy

Ancestry of “żmatta”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	smettere	to stop or cease
2	Italian	mettere	to put, place, lay, set; to deposit; to bet,...
3	Latin	mittō	to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
4	Proto-Italic	meitō	to put forth, put out
5	Proto-Indo-European	meyth₂-	to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic meitō →Every word from Latin mittō →