Material
late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to matter’): from late Latin materialis, adjective from Latin materia ‘matter’.
wiktionary
From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria(“wood, material, substance”), from māter(“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork(“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc(“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.
etymonline
material (adj.)
mid-14c., "real, ordinary; earthly, drawn from the material world" (contrasted with spiritual, mental, supernatural), a term in scholastic philosophy and theology, from Old French material, materiel (14c.) and directly from Late Latin materialis (adj.) "of or belonging to matter," from Latin materia "matter, stuff, wood, timber" (see matter (n.)).
From late 14c. as "made of matter, having material existence; material, physical, substantial." From late 15c. as "important, relevant, necessary, pertaining to the matter or subject;" in the law of evidence, "of legal significance to the cause" (1580s).
material (n.)
late 14c., "component substance, matter from which a thing is made," from material (adj.).
