Where does “kazak” come from?

kazak (Turkish) comes from French casaque, from Italian casacca — coat, jacket.

kazak (Turkish): pullover; a kind of jacket worn by jockeys; macho

Definitions

  1. pullover; a kind of jacket worn by jockeys; macho

Ancestry of “kazak”, step by step

kazak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French casaque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcasaqueblouse; jersey
2Italiancasaccacoat, jacket

via Persian قزاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianقزاقKazakh; Cossack
2Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out

Words derived from “kazak”

Every word from Italian casacca →Every word from French casaque →