Etymology of the English word matte
the English word
mattederived from the Old French word
mattederived from the Late Latin word
mattus (drunk)
derived from the Latin root
*maditusderived from the Latin word
madere (be wet)
derived from the Late Latin word
matta (mat of rushes)
Derivations in English
mat,
semimatte,
matsUsage
Word found in Old English, Modern English