Where does “matelas” come from?

matelas (French) comes from Old French materas, from Italian materasso, from Arabic مَطْرَح, from Arabic طَرَحَ — reject, deduct; to throw.

matelas (French): mattress; wad

Definitions

  1. mattress; wad

Ancestry of “matelas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchmaterasAlternative form of matras
2Italianmaterassomattress
3Arabicمَطْرَحcarpet, place where something is thrown; place...
4Arabicطَرَحَreject, deduct; to throw

Words derived from “matelas”

Every word from Arabic طَرَحَ →Every word from Arabic مَطْرَح →Every word from Italian materasso →