Mat

Morpheme

Mat

Type

free base

Denotation

woven fiber, flat material, pad, mass

Etymology

Middle English matte; Old English meatte; Late Latin matta; Punic or Phoenician mitá

Evidence

crashmat, doormat, floormat, mat, matless, mats, matted, matting, unmatted

Notes

homophone of Matte

Homographs

Mat, Mat(e) [Mate, Mat], Mat(t)(e) [Matte, Matt, Mat]