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قُطْن · Arabic
noun · Arabic
Transliteration: quṭn
Cotton; the fiber or cotton plant.. Cotton; the fiber or cotton plant.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Standard Arabic — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry traces English cotton ultimately to Arabic qutn and leaves the deeper source possibly Egyptian. cotton — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Italian cotone is an Arabic loan. Opening etymology
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Standard Arabic. LanguageTable row stan1318
cotone · Italian
noun · Italian
Reading: Reading not yet researched
Cotton; the proposed Italian intermediary.. Cotton; the proposed Italian intermediary.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific written date established in the inspected evidence.
Location not yet researched — No lexical origin or borrowing location is inferred.
TLFi specifically proposes Italian mediation and separates early French fibre and fabric uses. Étymol. et Hist. A.1–2; final etymology paragraph
Italian cotone is an Arabic loan. Opening etymology
coton · Old French
noun · Old French
Reading: Reading not yet researched
Cotton fiber or cotton material.. French cotton-material word, also documented in Anglo-Norman; fibre and fabric attestations have distinct scopes.
c. 1160 · reported French fibre use — Approximate literary date reported by TLFi; fabric is separately reported circa 1165. Not a borrowing date.
Old French reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Old French coton is dated to the twelfth century in the reported Romance route. cotton — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English cotton is reported from the late thirteenth century for the fiber; cloth follows in the early fifteenth century and the plant sense around 1400. cotton — Etymology · etymology and sense history
TLFi specifically proposes Italian mediation and separates early French fibre and fabric uses. Étymol. et Hist. A.1–2; final etymology paragraph
Anglo-Norman witnesses support cotton material senses in medieval French used in England. cotun, senses 1–2; first two quotations
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Old French (842-ca. 1400). LanguageTable row oldf1239
cotton · English
noun · English
Reading: Reading not yet researched
The white fiber, cotton cloth and cotton plant.. The white fiber, cotton cloth and cotton plant.
c. late 13th century · reported English fibre use — Reported fibre chronology only; early fifteenth-century cloth and circa 1400 plant uses are separate reports in Evidence. No underlying English quotation inspected.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Old French coton is dated to the twelfth century in the reported Romance route. cotton — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English cotton is reported from the late thirteenth century for the fiber; cloth follows in the early fifteenth century and the plant sense around 1400. cotton — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Anglo-Norman witnesses support cotton material senses in medieval French used in England. cotun, senses 1–2; first two quotations
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
quṭn → cotone: borrowing, documented. The Italian dictionary derives cotone from Arabic. Opening etymology