materas
Middle English
/ˈmat(ə)rəs/
noun
Definitions
- A mattress; a pad or cushioning for sleeping upon.
- (anatomy) A pad or cushion in one's body.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French matras derived from Arabic مَطْرَح (place where something is thrown).
Origin
Arabic
مَطْرَح
Gloss
place where something is thrown
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mattress English
- mattressed English
- mattresslike English
- mattressy English
- matara Latin
- materasso Italian
- materazzo Italian
- madrass Norwegian Bokmål
- madrass Norwegian Nynorsk
- materes Middle English
- مَطْرَح Arabic
- materas Old French
- matras Old French
- matracis Latvian
- 매트리스 Korean
- matalasi Swati
- matrat prv