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Cashmere

2 stages from Sanskrit/Kashmiri to English.

Today it means fine soft wool from the Kashmir goat, or fabric made from it
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Kashmir
Sanskrit/Kashmiri · ancient
"the region of Kashmir"
the Himalayan region famous for the fine wool of its mountain goats
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cashmere
English · 1800s
"fine soft wool from the Kashmir goat"
settled as the word for the fine soft wool from Kashmir goats
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