Etymograph

English

remanent

Remanent comes from Latin remanens ‘remaining behind’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-1‘to stay, remain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥néh₁yeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*m(V)nēō1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō1‘to stay, remain’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremaneō2‘to remain’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremanens2‘remaining behind’present participle of remaneō
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1651–1653remanent2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin remaneo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English remanent
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1651–1653, Jeremy Taylor, London: […] Richard Royston […]: “That little hope that is remanent hath its degree…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-Wiktionary, Latin remaneo‘to stay, remain’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥néh₁yetiWiktionary, Latin remaneoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*m(V)nēōWiktionary, Latin remaneoreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneōWiktionary, Latin remaneo‘to stay, remain’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremaneōWiktionary, English remanent‘to remain’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEremanensWiktionary, English remanent‘remaining behind’present participle of remaneō
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1651–1653remanentWiktionary, English remanent. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1651–1653, Jeremy Taylor, London: […] Richard Royston […]: “That little hope that is remanent hath its degree…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stay, remain’

music, money, mind, amount, mouth, museum, mountain, comment, monster, auto, mental, min, monitor, mention, mount, monk, monetary, demonstration, mint, monastery, maya, muse, mosaic, monument, summon, ming, mentor, monte, amnesty, muster, monstrous, menace, dementia, prominence, mont, mandarin, imminent, amnesia, monastic, minion, 114 more

through Latin maneō ‘to stay, remain’

permanent, mas, menagerie, menial, permanence, manet, permanency, 6 more

through Latin remaneō ‘to remain’

remain, remnant, 1 more

Today it means

adj Remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “remanent”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin remaneo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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