mane-, mans-
(Latin: to stay, to remain, to abide)
permanentness
remain
remainder
remanence
remanent
1. A fragment or a small part of something which is left when other sections or groups of people are gone: Some new writers were hired by the newspaper when the remnants of the previous staff were lost in an aircraft that was destroyed by an explosion.
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Sally used the remaining pieces or remnants of fabric which were in a box to make a patchwork quilt.
2. Etymology: from Latin remanere, "to remain"; from re-, "back" + manere, "to stay."
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Tempora mutantur permanet praestantia. (Latin motto)
Translation: "The times change but excellence prevails."
Motto of Mitchell Community College, Statesville, North Carolina, USA.
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