English word cotton comes from Egyptian Arabic قُطُن, Old French (842-ca. 1400) cotoun ((countable) a piece of cotton. (uncountable) cotton.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| قُطُن | Egyptian Arabic (arz) | |
| cotoun | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | (countable) a piece of cotton. (uncountable) cotton. |
| cotone | Old Italian (it-oit) | |
| coton | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| cotun | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| cotoun | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| cotton | English (eng) | (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.. (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant.. A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.. Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. Made of cotton. |