matelot
French
noun
Definitions
- seaman
Etymology
Derived from Middle French matelot (sailor) derived from Old French matenot (bunkmate, sailor) derived from Middle Dutch mattenoot (bunkEnglish, bunk fellow) derived from Old Norse mötunautr (food companion) derived from Proto-Germanic *ganautaz (comrade).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ganautaz
Gloss
comrade
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- geneat English
- Eid German
- Genosse German
- Matrose German
- matroos Dutch, Flemish
- matrozenpak Dutch, Flemish
- матро́с Russian
- матрос Russian
- *newd- Proto-Indo-European
- *ganautaz Proto-Germanic
- *nautą Proto-Germanic
- geneat Old English
- mötunautr Old Norse
- matros Danish
- matenot Old French
- matros Indonesian
- mattenoot Middle Dutch
- ginozo Old High German
- matroos Afrikaans
- matelot Middle French
- matelot, matelots Middle French
- genōt Old Dutch
- ginot Old Saxon
- martolod Breton
- matros Crimean Tatar
- matrosi Sranan Tongo
- matlo Antillean Creole