English
matrass
Matrass comes from Anglo-Norman matraz ‘shaft, dart’, and goes back to Latin matara ‘sort of javelin used by Gauls’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmataraas mataris, unattested post-classical variant‘sort of javelin used by Gauls’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400matraz‘shaft, dart’
- Englishtodaymatrass
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmataraas mataris, unattested post-classical variant‘sort of javelin used by Gauls’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400matraz‘shaft, dart’
- Englishtodaymatrass
Every English word from Latin matara
Today it means
noun A bolt for a crossbow.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin matara / matrass