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Where does “materia” come from?

materia (Swedish) comes from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

materia (Swedish): matter

Definitions

  1. matter

Ancestry of “materia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmāteria—
2Latinmāter—
3Proto-Italicmātērmother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

Words derived from “materia”

  • antimateria
  • materialistisk
  • materiell
  • materialism
  • materialist
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