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Where does “cotonnade” come from?

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

cotonnade (French): cotton

Definitions

  1. cotton

Ancestry of “cotonnade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcotoncotton
2Old Frenchcoton—
3Old Italiancotone—
4Arabicقُطُن—
5Arabicقُطْنcotton
Every word from Arabic قُطْن →