The name comes from komňata - a well equipped room, usually for guests (in the modern Slovakkomnata: a well equipped room in a manor house or castle). The village was on an important trade route and was named after the services provided in it (accommodation for guests).[4]
History
The first written mention of the village dates from 1256, where it is mentioned as Kamnati, later Komnyati from 1348, Komjátice from 1808.In 1936, the village of Degeš was separated from the district of Komjatice, which was renamed to Rastislavice in 1948.
National awakener, educator, priest, patron and writer, collector of fairy tales, co-founder of Tatrín Ondrej Caban worked in the village.