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material [material 词源字典]: material: [14] Etymologically, material is simply a derivative of matter. It comes via Old French materiel from late Latin māteriālis, a derivative of Latin māteria ‘matter’ (source of English matter). The modern French form of the word was reborrowed as materiel ‘military equipment’ [19].
=> material, matter[material etymology, material origin, 英语词源]
dematerialize (v.): 1884; see de- + materialize. Related: Dematerialized; dematerializing.
immaterial (adj.): late 14c., "spiritual, incorporeal," from Medieval Latin immaterialis "not consisting of matter, spiritual," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin materialis (see material). Secondary sense of "unimportant" is first recorded 1690s from material in its 16c. sense of "important." Related: Immaterially.
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."
materialization (n.): 1822, noun of action from materialize.
materialize (v.): 1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize. Meaning âappear in bodily formâ is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing.
materially (adv.): late 14c., from material (adj.) + -ly (2).
rematerialize (v.): 1871, from re- + materialize. Related: Rematerialized; rematerializing.