Where does “nankeen” come from?

nankeen (English) comes from English Nanking, from Chinese 南京.

nankeen (English): A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in...

Definitions

  1. A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in...

Ancestry of “nankeen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNanking—
2Chinese南京—
Every word from Chinese 南京 →Every word from English Nanking →