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Where does “cotone” come from?
cotone (Old Italian) comes from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.
Ancestry of “cotone”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Arabic
قُطُن
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2
Arabic
قُطْن
cotton
Words derived from “cotone”
cotton
Cotton
cottonwood
cottonseed
cottony
guncotton
cottontail
Cottonian
cottonmouth
cottontop
cottonoid
cottonfield
cottongrass
polycotton
cottonlike
nitrocotton
noncotton
cottonweed
cellucotton
cottonless
cottonocracy
coton
coton
cotun
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