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
Ancestry of “antimatéria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | matéria | matter; subject; a reportage, a journalistic... |
| 2 | Latin | māteria | — |
| 3 | Latin | māter | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mātēr | mother |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |