Remainder
/rɪˈmeɪn.dər/noun
Something left over after a part has been removed, used, or dealt with.
Did you know?Its roots go back to Latin remanēre, meaning “to stay behind,” from re- + manēre (“to stay, remain”), and that same ancient stay-put root also lives in words like mansion and permanent.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to stay, remain, dwell”
Latin
Latin
manēre
“to stay, abide, remain”
Latin
Latin
remanēre
“to stay behind, remain”
Old French
Old French
remaindre
“to remain, be left over”
Middle English
English
remaindre
“to be left behind, survive”
Modern English
English
remainder
“that which is left over”