Etymology

mattifier

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Today it means: A cosmetic designed to give the skin a matt or less shiny appearance Full definition →

English mattify ← Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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The story

  1. Englishmatt
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*θakos
  4. Englishmattify
  5. English todaymattifier

From mattify + -er.

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