Morpheme
Matter
Type
free base
Denotation
substance, material, component stuff, origin, source
Etymology
Middle English mater, matere, materie; Anglo-Norman matere, materie; Old French materie, matiere; Latin māteria, from māter + -ia
Evidence
antimatter, biomatter, bymatter, magmatter, matter, matterative, mattered, matterful, mattering, matterless, matterlike, matternet, matters, mattersome, matterwave, mattery, nonmatter, overmatter, protomatter, starmatter
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
