Where does “musematte” come from?
musematte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måtte, from Danish måtte, from Middle Low German matte, from Latin matta, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
musematte (Norwegian Bokmål): mouse pad
Definitions
- mouse pad
Ancestry of “musematte”, step by step
musematte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål måtte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | måtte | must; may |
| 2 | Danish | måtte | mat; must, have to, got to; can, may |
| 3 | Middle Low German | matte | — |
| 4 | Latin | matta | nominative feminine singular of mattus;... |
| 5 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 6 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 7 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 8 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |