Where does “maté” come from?
maté (Spanish) comes from French mât, from Middle French mast, from Old French mast, from Latin mastus, from Frankish mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
maté (Spanish): matte
Definitions
- matte
Ancestry of “maté”, step by step
maté traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French mât
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mât | mast; flagstaff |
| 2 | Middle French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 3 | Old French | mast | mast structure found on watercraft |
| 4 | Latin | mastus | ship mast |
| 5 | Frankish | mast | ship mast; mast |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mastaz | rod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mazdos | pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,... |
via Spanish matar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | matar | to kill, slay; to put out, extinguish; to butcher |
| 2 | Latin | mattāre | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 4 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 5 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 6 | Latin | madeō | to be wet or moist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via Quechua mati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quechua | mati | the fruit of some kind of gourd; maté |