being AWAD, anyone can take this off topic, and include words that are copyrighted names of modern synthetic materials.. but such made up words like nylon are less interesting than say cotton

cotton--ME: cotoun, OFr: cotonfrom the italian? cotone but definately from the AR: qutun (? Egyptian?)

since cotton is a tropic plant, it wouldn't grow in most of europe, (and the mediterranian climate, isn' right for it either. it could and did grow in river vallies, (tigres, Nile, etc) where irrigation provided the right level of water at the right time..) it was an exocitic import in europe for ages and ages, and many cotton fabic names reflect this

Damask (heavy cotton, with design woven in)
muslin (a simple plain weave cotton)
even towel a cloth for washing goes back to IE!


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