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Where does “mathe” come from?

mathe (Middle English) comes from Old English maþu, from Proto-Germanic maþô, from Proto-Indo-European mot-.

Ancestry of “mathe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmaþu—
2Proto-Germanicmaþômaggot, worm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmot-—

Words derived from “mathe”

  • homemade
  • handmade
  • unmade
  • madest
  • premade
  • humanmade
  • newmade
  • housemade
  • countrymade
  • ymade
  • Teasmade
  • semihomemade
  • self-made
  • semi-homemade
  • fanmade
  • man-made
  • made
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