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remnant (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French
remanant
, properly present participle of
remanoir
"to remain" (see
remain
). Specific sense of "end of a piece of drapery, cloth, etc." is recorded from early 15c. An Old English word for "remnant" was
endlaf
.
