Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. · A breeding partner. · A friend, usually of the same sex. · Friendly term of address to a stranger, usually male, of similar age.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo match, fit together without space between. · To copulate. · To pair in order to raise offspring. · To arrange in matched pairs.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middle Low German matebor. Middle English mate English mate From Middle English mate, a borrowing from Middle Low German mate (“messmate”) (replacing Middle English mett, mette (“table companion, mate, partner”), from Old English ġemetta (“sharer of food, table-guest”)), from Old Saxon gimato, derived from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) (related to German and Dutch ge-) + *matjô (from *matiz (“food”)), related to Old English mete (“food”)). From the same Middle Low German source stems German Low German Maat (“journeyman, companion”), German Maat (“naval non-commissioned officer”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Moat (“friend, buddy, comrade, mate”), Dutch maat (“mate, partner, colleague, friend”). More at Old English ġe-, English co-, English meat. Doublet of maat. Compare typologically Latin compāniō (whence companion) (< con- + panis + -ō), Russian однока́шник (odnokášnik) (< одно- (odno-) + ка́ша (káša) + -ник (-nik)).
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- Root classification mention*meh₂d- (wet)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmateenm
- Derivation mentionmategml · messmate
- Cognate mentionmettenm
- Cognate mentionġemettaang · sharer of food, table-guest
- Derivation mentiongimatoosx
- Derivation mention*gamatjôgem-pro
- Cognate mentionge-nl
- Cognate mentionmeteang · food
- Cognate mentionMaatde · naval non-commissioned officer
- Cognate mentionMoatstq · friend, buddy, comrade, mate
- Cognate mentionmaatnl · mate, partner, colleague, friend
- Cognate mentionġe-ang
- Cognate mentionco-en
- Cognate mentionmeaten
- Doublet mentionmaaten
This page abbreviates 13 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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