Where does “materas” come from?

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

materas (Old French): Alternative form of matras

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of matras

Ancestry of “materas”, step by step

materas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian materasso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmaterassomattress
2Arabicمَطْرَحcarpet, place where something is thrown; place...
3Arabicطَرَحَreject, deduct; to throw

via Latin matara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmatarasort of javelin used by Gauls
2LatinmadarisCeltic javelin

Words derived from “materas”

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