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Where does “ջինս” come from?

ջինս (Armenian) comes from English Jeans, from English jean fustian, from Middle English fustian, from Old French fustaine, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

ջինս (Armenian): jeans; denim

Definitions

  1. jeans; denim

Ancestry of “ջինս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJeansplural of Jean
2Englishjean fustian—
3Middle Englishfustianstrong cotton fabric
4Old Frenchfustaine—
5Medieval Latinfustaneum—
6Latinfustisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
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