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
Ancestry of “mat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | maritus | marital, matrimonial, conjugal; husband, married... |
| 2 | Latin | mas | man in the sense of male human being; male,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meryo | young man, woman |