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Etymology 1

From Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæ??a, ?emæ??a, secondary forms of Old English maca, ?emaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Cognate with Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).

Noun

match (plural matches)

1. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
2. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
3. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
4. A marriage.
5. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
6. Suitability.
7. Equivalence; a state of correspondence. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
8. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
9. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
10. An agreement or compact.
11. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

Verb

match (third-person singular simple present matches, present participle matching, simple past and past participle matched)

1. (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
2. (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
3. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
4. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
5. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
6. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

Etymology 2

From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old French mesche, meische, from Vulgar Latin micca (compare Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa (“nozzle, curved part of a lamp”), from Ancient Greek ???? (múxa, “lamp wick”).

Noun

match (plural matches)

1. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

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