remain

Etymology

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”). Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

verb

1. To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
   After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
   I like to make more than enough food if I have people round for dinner, so I can eat my way through what remains in the following days.
2. (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
   If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain.
3. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
   , Book I That […] remains to be proved.
   Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches. 2013-06-28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21
4. To await; to be left to.
5. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
   There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
   The light remained red for two full minutes.