Where does “mat” come from?

mat (Romansch) comes from Latin maritus, from Latin mas, from Proto-Indo-European meryo — young man, woman.

mat (Romansch): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “mat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaritusmarital, matrimonial, conjugal; husband, married...
2Latinmasman in the sense of male human being; male,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeryoyoung man, woman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meryo →Every word from Latin mas →Every word from Latin maritus →