Where does “gauze” come from?

Gauze comes from French gaze, from Arabic qazz meaning silk fabric, with the word's path through European languages reflecting trade in luxury textiles.

gauze (English): A thin fabric with a loose, open weave; A similar...

Definitions

  1. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave; A similar...

Ancestry of “gauze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgazegauze; first-person singular present indicative...
2Arabicقَزّsilk
3PersianکزAlternative form of کژ
4Middle Persiankaž—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

Words derived from “gauze”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →Every word from Middle Persian kaž →Every word from Persian کز →