Where does “fustian” come from?

Fustian comes from Middle English fustian, from Old French fustaine, from Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis meaning "staff" or "cudgel," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots bʰew- and bʰon-.

fustian (English): A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and...

Definitions

  1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and...

Ancestry of “fustian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfustianstrong cotton fabric
2Old FrenchfustaineA cotton fabric ancestral to modern fustian
3Medieval Latinfustaneum—
4Latinfustisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “fustian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Latin fustis →