Where does “antimatéria” come from?

antimatéria (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese matéria, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

antimatéria (Portuguese): antimatter

Definitions

  1. antimatter

Ancestry of “antimatéria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesematériamatter; subject; a reportage, a journalistic...
2Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
3Latinmātermother female parent
4Proto-Italicmātērmother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr →Every word from Proto-Italic mātēr →Every word from Latin māter →
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