cotoun

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”).

Noun

cotoun oblique singular, m (oblique plural cotouns, nominative singular cotouns, nominative plural cotoun)

  1. (uncountable) cotton
  2. (countable) a piece of cotton

Descendants

  • French: coton
  • → Middle English: coton, cotun, cotoun, coteyn, cotton, cotyn, kotyn

References

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