DictionaryRoot: manere
Latin
manere
stay, remain, or dwell
Forms
- manere
- mans- — The changed form used for completed action.
Origin
From an old Indo-European family associated with remaining.
Note
Remaining somewhere connects temporary stays with lasting residence.
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verb
remain
rih-MAYN/rɪˈmeɪn/
To continue to exist, stay in a place, or be in the same state.
Etymology
The pieces express “stay behind,” which also came to mean continuing in a place or condition. In this sense, the prefix has weakened, leaving the idea of staying unchanged.