Where does “coton” come from?

coton (French) comes from Old French coton, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.

coton (French): cotton

Definitions

  1. cotton

Ancestry of “coton”, step by step

coton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French coton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoton—
2Old Italiancotone—
3Arabicقُطُن—
4Arabicقُطْنcotton

via Old French cotoun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcotouncotton; a piece of cotton
2Italiancotonecotton; cotton wool

Words derived from “coton”

Every word from Arabic قُطْن →