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Where does the word mattress originate from?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Mattress is originally an Arabic word 'al-matrah' meaning a cushion. Taken into Spanish as 'Almadraque' meaning mattress and also into French as 'Materasso'. The word came into English in the 12th Century as 'Materas'

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