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Stage 1 of 2
matrix
Latin · ancient
"a womb, a source"
literally a womb, from mater (mother), a place where something originates
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Stage 2 of 2
matrix
English · 1400s
"an environment in which something develops, or a grid of numbers"
broadened from a womb to any structure within which something develops or is embedded
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