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Uthmani
Ottoman Turkish · 1300s
"relating to the Ottoman dynasty"
relating to Osman, founder of the Ottoman dynasty, later applied to a low cushioned seat in Ottoman style
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ottomane
French · 1700s
"a low cushioned seat or footstool"
adopted into French furniture vocabulary for the cushioned seat
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ottoman
English · 1800s
"an upholstered seat or footstool without a back"
settled as the English word for the upholstered footstool
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