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match-girl (n.)[match-girl 词源字典]: 1765, from match (n.1) + girl. The tragic story of "The Little Match-Girl" (Danish title Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne) by H.C. Andersen was published first in 1845, translated into English by 1847.[match-girl etymology, match-girl origin, 英语词源]
match-head (n.): 1860, from match (n.1) + head (n.).
matchbook (n.): also match-book, in reference to a folder holding fire-starting devices, 1913, from match (n.1) + book (n.).
matchbox (n.): also match-box, 1786, from match (n.1) + box (n.).
matchcoat (n.): fur-skinned mantle worn by Native Americans, 1640s, originally matchco, probably a native word (compare Ojibwa majigoode "petticoat, woman's dress"), altered by influence of coat (n.).
matchless (adj.): "peerless," 1520s, from match (n.2) + -less. Related: Matchlessly; matchlessness.
matchlock (n.): 1690s, from match (n.1), in reference to the firing mechanism, + lock (n.1) in the firearm sense (1540s); probably so called for its resemblance to a door-latching device.
matchmaker (n.): also match-maker, "marriage-broker," 1630s, from match (n.2) + maker. Related: Match-making.
mate (n.1): "associate, fellow, comrade," mid-14c., also "companion" (late 14c.), from Middle Low German mate, gemate "one eating at the same table, messmate," from Proto-Germanic *ga-maton "having food (*matiz) together (*ga-)," which is etymologically identical with companion. Cognate with Danish and Swedish mat, German Maat "mate," Dutch maat, from German. Meaning "one of a wedded pair" is attested from 1540s. Used as a form of address by sailors, laborers, etc., since at least mid-15c. Meaning "officer on a merchant vessel is from late 15c.
mate (v.1): c. 1500, "to equal, rival," 1590s as "to match, couple, marry, join in marriage," from mate (n.1). Also, of animals, "to pair for the purpose of breeding." Related: Mated; mating.
mate (v.2): "checkmate," c. 1300, from Old French mater "to checkmate, defeat, overcome," from mat "checkmated" (see checkmate (v.)).
mate (n.2): in chess, "a condition of checkmate," c. 1300, mat, from Middle French mat, from Old French mater (see mate (v.2)).
mater-: comb. form meaning "mother," from Latin mater (see mother (n.)).
materia medica (n.): "substances used in medicine," Latin, literally "medical matter."
material (adj.): mid-14c., "real, ordinary; earthly, drawn from the material world;" a term in scholastic philosophy and theology, from Old French material, materiel (14c.) and directly from Late Latin materialis (adj.) "of or belonging to matter," from Latin materia "matter, stuff, wood, timber" (see matter). From late 14c. as "made of matter, having material existence; material, physical, substantial;" from late 15c. as "important, relevant."
material (n.): late 14c., "substance, matter from which a thing is made," from material (adj.).
materialism (n.): 1748, "philosophy that nothing exists except matter" (from French matérialisme); 1851 as "a way of life based entirely on consumer goods." From material + ism.
materialist (n.): 1660s and after in various philosophical and theological senses, on model of French matérialiste, from material (n.) + -ist. Also see materialism.
materialistic (adj.): 1829, from materialist + -ic. Related: Materialistically.
materiality (n.): 1520s, "that which is the matter of something," from Modern Latin materialitas, from materialis (see material (adj.)). From 1560s as "quality of being material;" 1640s as "quality of being important to matters at hand."