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Where does “materie” come from?

materie (Old French) comes from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Ancestry of “materie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmāteria—
2Latinmāter—
3Proto-Italicmātērmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “materie”

  • matter
  • antimatter
  • mattery
  • mattereth
  • biomatter
  • nonmatter
  • protomatter
  • matterlike
  • matterwave
  • bymatter
  • matterative
  • mattersome
  • koinomatter
  • matternet
  • starmatter
  • materie
  • matere
  • mater
  • materie
  • materie
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