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Where does “mater” come from?

mater (Middle English) comes from Old French materie, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

mater (Middle English): Alternative form of matere

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of matere

Ancestry of “mater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmaterie—
2Latinmāteria—
3Latinmāter—
4Proto-Italicmātērmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “mater”

  • matter
  • antimatter
  • mattery
  • mattereth
  • biomatter
  • nonmatter
  • protomatter
  • matterlike
  • matterwave
  • bymatter
  • matterative
  • mattersome
  • koinomatter
  • starmatter
  • matternet
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