Where does “fez” come from?

Fez comes from Ottoman Turkish فس and Turkish fes, ultimately from a place name referring to the Moroccan city where the hat originated.

fez (English): A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone,...

Definitions

  1. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone,...

Ancestry of “fez”, step by step

fez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish فس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفسfez, tarboosh
2Ottoman Turkishفاسaxe, hatchet, a tool for felling trees or chopping wood
3ArabicفَاسFez, Morocco; fez

via Ottoman Turkish fes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishfes—

Words derived from “fez”

Every word from Arabic فَاس →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فاس →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فس →