"Mattress" Is an Arabic Word 🛏️ #etymology #shorts

Where does "mattress" come from? Arabic matraḥ, "cushion, place where something is thrown down", from ṭaraḥa, "to throw". It entered Medieval Latin in Sicily, then Italian materasso and Old French materas (c. 1290), and English.

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