Where does “material” come from?
material (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Late Latin materiale, from Latin materialis, from Latin materia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
material (Norwegian Bokmål): alternative form of materiale
Definitions
- alternative form of materiale
Ancestry of “material”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | materiale | inflection of māteriālis: ## nominative neuter... |
| 2 | Latin | materialis | material |
| 3 | Latin | materia | matter; material; component stuff; substance;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |