Material; substance.
An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
Something is the matter with him.
An approximate amount or extent.
I stayed for a matter of months.
A surname.
From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin materia (“wood”), from mater (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր...
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To care about, to mind; to find important.
Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
Each slight sore mattereth.