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Cotton

3 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a soft, fluffy fiber grown around the seeds of the cotton plant, used to make textiles
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Stage 1 of 3
qutn
Arabic · medieval
"cotton"
the Arabic name for the fiber plant
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Stage 2 of 3
coton
Old French · medieval
"cotton"
spread through Mediterranean textile trade
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Stage 3 of 3
cotton
English · medieval
"the soft fiber used in textiles"
settled as the English name for the fiber
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