-mateWiktionary 原文演变路径（由近及远）英语继承自 ←中古英语 mate借自 ←中古低地德语 mate “messmate”源自 ←古撒克逊语 gimato源自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *gamatjô词源说明From the noun mate (“fellow, comrade, partner”).释义（英文）后缀 SuffixUsed to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".