mat

mat · noun, verb¹

1. Old Englishmeatte
2. Middle Englishmatte
3. English todaymat

Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Cognate with German Matte (“mat”), Danish måtte (“mat”), Faroese and Icelandic motta (“rug, mat”), Norwegian matte (“mat, rug”), Swedish matta (“carpet, rug, mat”).

mat · noun, verb²

Compare matte.

mat · noun³

1. Frenchmatinée
2. Englishmatineeclip.
3. English todaymat

A clipped form of matinee.

mat · noun⁴

1. Russian · borrowed fromмат
2. Russian · borrowed fromмат
3. English todaymat

Borrowed from Russian мат (mat), abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).