Where does “matarratas” come from?
matarratas (Spanish) comes from Spanish matar, from Latin mattāre, from Late Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
matarratas (Spanish): raticide; A type of card game; strong low-quality...
Definitions
- raticide; A type of card game; strong low-quality...
Ancestry of “matarratas”, step by step
matarratas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 Spanish rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | rata | stingy, miser, tight-fisted; rat, jerk; rat,... |
| 2 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |