Where does “cotton” come from?
Cotton comes from Middle English cotoun, from Welsh cyd, from Proto-Celtic ki-tu-, from Proto-Celtic kei-.
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Ancestry of “cotton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | cotoun | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | cotun | — |
| 3 | Middle English | coton | cotton fiber of |
| 4 | Old French | cotoun | cotton; a piece of cotton |
| 5 | Italian | cotone | cotton; cotton wool |
| 6 | Arabic | قُطُن | — |
| 7 | Arabic | قُطْن | cotton |
Words derived from “cotton”