materia

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Latin word materia comes from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr, and later Proto-Italic *mātēr (Mother.)

*-tḗr (Proto-Indo-European)

Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action.

*mh₂tros (Proto-Indo-European)

*mātēr (Proto-Italic)

Mother.

materia (Latin)

(figurative) source, origin. Matter; material; component stuff; substance. Timber.

matere (Middle English)

Womb.

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