Where does “matelot” come from?

matelot (Middle French) comes from Old French matenot, from Middle Dutch mattenoot — bunk fellow.

matelot (Middle French): sailor

Definitions

  1. sailor

Ancestry of “matelot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmatenotsailor, bunkmate
2Middle Dutchmattenootbunk fellow

Words derived from “matelot”

Every word from Middle Dutch mattenoot →Every word from Old French matenot →