matrass

matrass · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frommataris
2. Middle French · derived frommateras
3. Anglo-Norman · derived frommatraz“shaft, dart”
4. English todaymatrass

From Anglo-Norman matraz (“shaft, dart”), Middle French materas, from an unattested post-classical variant of Latin mataris, materis (“Gaulish throwing-spear”), from a Gaulish language.

matrass · noun²

1. Arabic · derived fromمطرة
2. Middle French · derived frommateras
3. Middle French · derived frommatheras
4. New Latin · derived frommatracium
5. English todaymatrass

From New Latin matracium and its source, Middle French matheras, matraz etc., either from Middle French materas (see Etymology 1, above), with reference to its shape, or from Arabic مطرة, مطارة (“leather bottle, vase”).

First known use, by meaning

• 15th–19th c. A bolt for a crossbow.
• from 16th c. A type of bolthead flask used in chemical distillation.