remain English · revision 3005

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1375|origins=la remaneō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈmeɪn/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|remainen]],^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|xno|remayn-]], Old French remain-, the stressed stem of remanoir “to stay, be left”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) as in il remaint “it remains”,^(Etymonline) from [[la|remanēre|t=to stay behind, be left; endure]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la|re-|t=back]] and [[m|la|manēre|t=to stay, remain]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to remain]].^(Etymonline) Hoad also allows Old French remaindre as a source.^(Hoad 1986) The noun is partly from Old French remain and partly from the verb.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To be left after the removal of a part: about 1375 in the OED,^(OED 1989) the early 15th century in Etymonline^(Etymonline) and before 1425 in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “To stay in a place” is from the 15th century, and “to continue to be” in a state from the 16th.^(Hoad 1986) The noun meant the survivors or remainder of a number from about 1470.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''Remains'', “relics, what is left”, is from about 1500,^(Etymonline) the remains of a dead body from about 1700,^(Etymonline) and the literary works left by an author from the 1650s.^(Etymonline) The usual English noun has been ''remainder'', with ''remnant''.^(Etymonline) Old English had kennings with lāf “leavings”, such as yþlāf “leavings of the waves”, the shore.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1375 – to be left over.^(OED 1989)

+ * 15th century – to stay in a place.^(Hoad 1986)

+ * c. 1470 – noun, survivors.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1500 – ''remains'', relics.^(Etymonline)

+ * 16th century – to continue to be.^(Hoad 1986)

+ * 1650s – an author's literary remains.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1700 – a dead body.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To stay the same; to [[continue]] to be: ''remain calm''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To stay in the same place, or behind.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To be left after others have gone or been taken away.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To be left still to be done: ''it remains to be seen''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To [[endure]] or last.^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''remains'': what is left; [[relic|alt=relics]] or ruins.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''remains'': a dead body.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remainder]]

+ * [[remnant]]

+ * [[mansion]]

+ * [[manor]]

+ * [[permanent]]

+ * [[manse]]

+ * [[menagerie]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}