Where does “żupan” come from?

żupan (English) comes from Polish żupan, from French jupon, from French jupe, from Middle French jupe, from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة — robe, tunica, coat, gown; long garment; jubbah, a...

żupan (English): A long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate

Definitions

  1. A long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate

Ancestry of “żupan”, step by step

żupan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish żupan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżupanżupan
2Frenchjuponpetticoat, underskirt; a bit of skirt; a...
3Frenchjupeskirt
4Middle Frenchjupe—
5Old Italiangiubba—
6Arabicجُبَّةrobe, tunica, coat, gown; long garment; jubbah, a...

via Proto-Slavic županъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicžupanъ—
2Proto-Slavicžupacavity, hole
3Proto-Indo-Europeangewp-to cover

Words derived from “żupan”

Every word from Arabic جُبَّة →Every word from Old Italian giubba →Every word from Middle French jupe →