Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
muslin
noun · first attested 17th century
The cotton is named for Mosul.
A plain-woven cotton cloth, often fine and loosely set.
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- 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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- Step 1
Mosul
- Step 2
mussolo
- In English
muslin
European traders associated a fine cotton with Mosul in present-day Iraq. Italian mussolo and French mousseline carried the city into English as muslin.
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