Where does “fustin” come from?

fustin (English) comes from English fustic, from Middle English fustik, from Middle French fustec, from Middle French fustet, from Old Occitan fustet, from Arabic فُسْتَق — pistachio.

fustin (English): A yellow dye obtained from fustic, "Cotinus...

Definitions

  1. A yellow dye obtained from fustic, "Cotinus...

Ancestry of “fustin”, step by step

fustin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fustic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfusticA tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria,...
2Middle Englishfustik—
3Middle Frenchfustec—
4Middle Frenchfustetsmoke tree, "Cotinus coggygria"
5Old Occitanfustetsmoke tree, "Cotinus coggygria"
6Arabicفُسْتَقpistachio

via English in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinUsed to indicate location, inclusion, or position...
2Middle EnglishinAny kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or...
3Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
Every word from Arabic فُسْتَق →Every word from Old Occitan fustet →Every word from Middle French fustet →