Where does “matrest” come from?
matrest (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rest, from French reste, from Middle French reste, from Old French reste, from Old French rester, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
matrest (Norwegian Bokmål): a leftover, scrap of food left over from a meal (or caught in one's teeth)
Definitions
- a leftover, scrap of food left over from a meal (or caught in one's teeth)
Ancestry of “matrest”, step by step
matrest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål rest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rest | remainder, rest |
| 2 | French | reste | rest, remainder; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | reste | — |
| 4 | Old French | reste | — |
| 5 | Old French | rester | to stay; to rest; to remain, be left over |
| 6 | Latin | restō | to stand firm; to stay behind |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |