Where does “Te Kūrae Matomato” come from?

Te Kūrae Matomato (Maori) comes from Maori matomato, from Maori mato, from Proto-Polynesian *mato.

Ancestry of “Te Kūrae Matomato”, step by step

Te Kūrae Matomato traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori matomato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimatomato—
2Maorimato—
3Proto-Polynesian*mato—

via Maori te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoritethe; Referring to a whole class of things or...

via Maori kūrae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorikūrae—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mato →Every word from Maori mato →Every word from Maori matomato →