Etymograph

English

jusi

Jusi comes from Philippine Spanish jusi.

  1. Philippine Spanishmodernjusi
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1912same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Philippine Spanishmodernjusi
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1912same form

Earliest quotation: 1912, Jose Rizal: “Her head covered with a handkerchief saturated in cologne,…”

Every English word from Philippine Spanish jusi

Today it means

noun a thin fabric woven from the fibers of the Manila plantain (abaca), Musa textilis, and pineapple leaves, to which filaments of imported silk are sometimes added and sometimes a little cotton. It is woven principally in Iloilo and western Luzon: used for women's dresses and, to some extent, for men's shirts.

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