köken: From Middle French matelots pl (“sailors”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”).
köken: Borrowed from Dutch matroos, from Middle French matelots pl (“sailors”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot. Possibly a compound of a word for "mat" or "food" together with an old cognate of German Genosse, thus "bunk mate" or "food mate". Possibly cognate with Icelandic mötunautur.
köken: From Dutch matroos, from French matelot, from Middle Dutch mattenoot.
Etimoloji
From Middle French matelot (“sailor”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”), corresponding to modern mat (“mat, rug, hammock”) + genoot (“companion”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”) (from matr (“food”) + nautr (“companion”) << Proto-Germanic *ganautaz).