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Gauze

3 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means a thin, loosely woven fabric, often used for bandages
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Stage 1 of 3
Ghazza
Arabic · medieval
"the city of Gaza"
the city of Gaza, a noted center of fine fabric weaving
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Stage 2 of 3
gaze
French · medieval
"a thin, sheer fabric"
named the thin, loosely woven fabric after the city
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Stage 3 of 3
gauze
English · medieval
"a thin, loosely woven fabric"
adopted directly from French
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