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Cambric

2 stages from Flemish to English.

Today it means a fine, lightweight linen or cotton fabric
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Stage 1 of 2
Kameryk
Flemish · 1500s
"the town of Cambrai"
the Flemish name for Cambrai, a French town famous for its fine white linen
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cambric
English · 1530s
"a fine, lightweight linen or cotton fabric"
settled as the English word for the fine, lightweight linen fabric
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