rester.
to stay
Meaning & usage
to stay
On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
to remain, be left over
Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée.
to rest
to live
Moi, je reste au Québec.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French rester, from Old French rester, from Latin restāre. According to the Trésor informatisé, the Old French is a borrowing from Latin. What speaks in favour of this is the preservation of [st], which in a popular word should be simplified to [t] (yielding modern *rêter). Alternatively it could be inherited, but influenced by the Latin.
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