Etymograph

English

algodoncillo

Algodoncillo comes from Spanish algodón ‘cotton’, and goes back to Aramaic כִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָא.

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָאkittānā
  2. Classical Syriacmodernܟܶܬܳܢܳܐkettānā
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentقُطْنquṭn‘cotton’
  4. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600قطنquṭun‘cotton’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500algodon‘cotton’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentalgodón‘cotton’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentalgodoncillo
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָאkittānā
  2. Classical Syriacmodernܟܶܬܳܢܳܐkettānā
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentقُطْنquṭn‘cotton’
  4. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600قطنquṭun‘cotton’
  5. Old Spanishc. 950–1500algodon‘cotton’
  6. Spanishc. 1500–presentalgodón‘cotton’
  7. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentalgodoncillo
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Aramaic כִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָא

Today it means

noun Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.

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Etymograph / Aramaic כִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָא / algodoncillo

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