Etymology of the French word matière
the French word
matièrederived from the Latin word
materia (material, matter, substance; means, occasion, condition effecting action; wood, lumber, timber)
derived from the Late Latin word
mater (mother; mother, foster mother; lady)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*māter- (mother)
Date
The earliest known usage of matière in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
antimatière,
matiérismeCognates
Dutch
materie, English
matter, German
Materie, Italian
materia, Latin
materia, Lithuanian
materija, Norwegian
materie, Polish
materia, Provençal
materia, Russian
мaтepия, Swedish
materia
