Where does “kotun” come from?
kotun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن, from Arabic قُطْن — cotton.
Ancestry of “kotun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | cotone | cotton; cotton wool |
| 2 | Arabic | قُطُن | — |
| 3 | Arabic | قُطْن | cotton |