Where does “mater” come from?

mater (Middle French) comes from Old French mat, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Ancestry of “mater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmatcheckmated; in checkmate
2Latinmattusdrunk, intoxicated
3Latinmaditus
4Latinmaderepresent active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
5Latinmadeōto be wet or moist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “mater

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d-Every word from Latin madeōEvery word from Latin madere