material

The story

1. Latin · derived frommāteria“wood, material, substance”
2. Late Latin · derived frommāteriālis
3. Middle English · inherited frommaterial
4. English todaymaterial

From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.

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