Where does “matere” come from?

matere (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman matere, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

matere (Middle English): Matter or stuff; that which things are composed...

Definitions

  1. Matter or stuff; that which things are composed...

Ancestry of “matere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmatere—
2Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
3Latinmātermother female parent
4Proto-Italicmātērmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “matere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →