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I had read that the "mate" part was from Arabic mat 'dead', which ultimately comes from the Semitic root structure *mwt.

Checkmate has me 'at a loss' 2008
The Semitic root in turn has an Afro-Asiatic cognate in Egyptian also as mwt presumably pronounced *māwat, hence Sahidic Coptic mou.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008
The Semitic root in turn has an Afro-Asiatic cognate in Egyptian also as mwt presumably pronounced *māwat, hence Sahidic Coptic mou.

Checkmate has me 'at a loss' 2008
I had read that the "mate" part was from Arabic mat 'dead', which ultimately comes from the Semitic root structure *mwt.

Archive 2008-03-01 2008
Like mwt said, the computer game Myst was the first thing that came to my mind when I read this.

HH Com 652 Miss Snark 2006
Like mwt said, there's not much point to stealing a hook.

Crapometer Status-uhh. Thursday?? Miss Snark 2006
I'm with mwt: I read it and loved it but thought, that's it?

HH Com 92 Miss Snark 2006
And the Semitic root is indeed the triliteral *mwt...

languagehat.com: PALINDROMIC MYSTERY. 2005
Nod to mwt, who is still visibly excited because of the Red Sox

Archive 2004-11-01 2004
Nod to mwt, who is still visibly excited because of the Red Sox

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