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Where does “ottoman” come from?

Ottoman comes from Middle French Ottoman, from Medieval Latin Ottomanus, ultimately referring to the Ottoman Empire and its people.

ottoman (English): An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back,...

Definitions

  1. An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back,...

Ancestry of “ottoman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOttomanA Turk from the period of Ottoman Empire; Of the...
2Middle FrenchOttoman—
3ItalianottomanoOttoman
4Ottoman Turkishosman—
5Arabicعُثْمَان—

Words derived from “ottoman”

  • オットマン
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