Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Diminutive of mate, friend. · A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. · A dockyard worker.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySociable or friendly.
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 English -y English matey From mate + -y.
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