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
- Alternative form of matras
Ancestry of “materas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | materasso | mattress |
| 2 | Arabic | مَطْرَح | carpet, place where something is thrown; place... |
| 3 | Arabic | طَرَحَ | reject, deduct; to throw |
Words derived from “materas”