Etymograph

English

materialistic

From material + -istic.

A compound of material + -istic

Latin māter ‘mother’

Latin māteria ‘wood, material, substance’

Late Latin māteriālis

Middle English material ‘made of matter’

English material

Today it means

adj Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / materialistic