English
maroquin
Maroquin comes from English marocain ‘Moroccan’.
- English1500–presentmarocain‘Moroccan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1919maroquin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentmarocain‘Moroccan’
- Englishearliest quotation 1919maroquin
Earliest quotation: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth: “Oscillating freely a long chair incense swinger, a youthful…”
The story
From French, an alteration of marocain (‘Moroccan’), where the leather was first produced.
Every English word from English marocain
Today it means
noun Leather made from goatskin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English marocain / maroquin