Where does “matelot” come from?

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

matelot (Romanian): sailor

Definitions

  1. sailor

Ancestry of “matelot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmatelotseaman
2Middle Frenchmatelotsailor
3Old Frenchmatenotsailor, bunkmate
4Middle Dutchmattenootbunk fellow
Every word from Middle Dutch mattenoot →