English

floormat

From floor + mat.

A compound of floor + mat

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’

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Proto-Germanic *flōraz ‘ground’

Proto-West Germanic *flōr

Old English flōr ‘floor’

Middle English floor

English floor

Late Latin matta ‘mat made of rushes’

Old English meatte

Middle English matte

English mat

Today it means

noun A mat that is laid on the floor.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / floormat