The story
- Arabic · derived fromالْقُطْن
- Old Spanish · derived fromalcoton
- Old French · derived fromaqueton
- Middle English · inherited fromaketoun
- English todayaketon
From Middle English aketoun, aketon, from Old French aqueton, auqueton, alqueton, from Old Spanish alcoton (modern algodón), from Arabic الْقُطْن (al-quṭn), definite of قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Doublet of cotton.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.