English
matelassé
Matelassé comes from French matelasser ‘cushioned, covered as with a mattress’, and goes back to Old French materas.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400materas
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmatelas‘mattress’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmatelasseras matelassé‘cushioned, covered as with a mattress’
- Englishtodaymatelassé
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400materas
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmatelas‘mattress’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmatelasseras matelassé‘cushioned, covered as with a mattress’
- Englishtodaymatelassé
Linked words
through Arabic طَرَحَ ‘to throw’
through Arabic مَطْرَح ‘carpet, place where something is thrown’
Today it means
noun A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French materas / matelassé