Where does “fes” come from?

fes (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish فس, from Ottoman Turkish فاس, from Arabic فَاس — Fez, Morocco; fez.

fes (Serbo-Croatian): fez a Turkish hat in the shape of a truncated cone

Definitions

  1. fez a Turkish hat in the shape of a truncated cone

Ancestry of “fes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفسfez, tarboosh
2Ottoman Turkishفاسaxe, hatchet, a tool for felling trees or chopping wood
3ArabicفَاسFez, Morocco; fez
Every word from Arabic فَاس →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فاس →Every word from Ottoman Turkish فس →