Etymograph

English

remainee

From remain + -ee.

Formed from remain + -ee

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stay’

Latin maneō ‘to stay, remain’

Latin remaneō ‘to remain, stay behind’

Old French remanoir

Middle English remainen

English remain

Today it means

noun A person who remains, typically when most others leave

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

Etymograph / remainee