Etymograph

English

aketon

Aketon comes from Old French aqueton, from Arabic قُطْن ‘cotton’, and ultimately from Aramaic כִיתָנָא.

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכִיתָנָא
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentقُطْنquṭn‘cotton’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentالْقُطْنal-quṭndefinite of قُطْن
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500alcoton
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aqueton
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aketoun‘a jacket with padding put underneath armour’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1786aketon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכִיתָנָא
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentقُطْنquṭn‘cotton’
  3. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentالْقُطْنal-quṭndefinite of قُطْن
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500alcoton
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aqueton
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aketoun‘a jacket with padding put underneath armour’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1786aketon

Earliest quotation: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons: “The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments,…”

Every English word from Aramaic כִיתָנָא

Today it means

noun A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Aramaic כִיתָנָא / aketon

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