Etymograph

English

mat rep

Mat rep comes from English rep ‘reputation’.

  1. English1500–presentrep‘reputation’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009mat rep

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentrep‘reputation’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2009mat rep

Earliest quotation: 2009, Lets Fight For Our Rights: “Because a matrep/minahrep is supposed to be someone who’s…”

Made of the words mat + rep

Late Latin matta ‘mat made of rushes’

Old English meatte

Middle English matte

English mat

Linked words

through English rep ‘reputation’

rip, 1 more

Today it means

noun A male Malay delinquent.

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

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