Where does “kapas” come from?

kapas (Malay) comes from Pali kappāsa, from Sanskrit कर्पास — cotton, Gossypium arboreum.

kapas (Malay): cotton

Definitions

  1. cotton

Ancestry of “kapas”, step by step

kapas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Pali kappāsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palikappāsacotton
2Sanskritकर्पासcotton, Gossypium arboreum

via Proto-Mon-Khmer kpaas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerkpaascotton

Words derived from “kapas”

Every word from Sanskrit कर्पास →Every word from Pali kappāsa →