| 【mate】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Middle Low German word(s) "mate," and "gemate." It carries the basic meaning of "mate." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "mate"]
classmate ☆[788] Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
inmate **[4516] The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there.
mate ***[2619] Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
[WORD ROOT]root mate
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] mat, mate
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Middle Low German) mate, gemate
[MEANING]root mate
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Middle Low German】 mate [=(gemate, mate)] one eating at the same table, messmate
- 【Middle Low German】 gemate [=(gemate, mate)] one eating at the same table, messmate
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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classmate ☆[788] noun from classmate 〈 mate
【DEFINITION】 Your classmates are students who are in the same class as you at school or college.
【pl.】 classmates
【COMPOSITION】 class + mate
【ROOTs】 ⑴ class(cal); call, cry ⑵ mate; mate
【Etymology】 《Middle Low German mate》 [=(gemate, mate)] one eating at the same table, messmate
inmate ★★[4516] noun from inmate 〈 mate
【DEFINITION】 The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in(en); inside ⑵ mate; mate
【Etymology】 《English in mate》 [in("inside")+mate("companion")] one allowed to live in a house rented by another
【First Known Meaning】 one allowed to live in a house rented by another
mate ★★★[2619] noun from mate
【DEFINITION】 ① You can refer to someone's friends as their mates, especially when you are talking about a man and his male friends.
② Some men use mate as a way of addressing other men when they are talking to them.
③ Someone's wife, husband, or sexual partner can be referred to as their mate.
【pl.】 mates
【ROOTs】 mate; mate
【Etymology】 《Middle Low German mate》 [=(gemate, mate)] one eating at the same table, messmate
【First Known Meaning】 ① associate, fellow, comrade ② a condition of checkmate, the state of the king when he is in check and cannot move out of it
【DERIVATIVEs】 mateless, mateship, mate
Other words containing "mate"; crewmate, mateless, mateship, mating
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
mark
manu-
mand-, -mend-
man-, main, mans-
man
make
major
lyse, ly-, lysi-, lyt-
low
love
