Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Castile soap
noun · first attested 17th century
The olive oil soap is named for a Spanish kingdom.
A hard soap made from olive oil.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Castile
- In English
Castile soap
Castile's olive oil made a white, hard soap that European markets named for the region it came from.
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