Etymology

calico

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Today it means: A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern. Full definition →

English Calicut ← Portuguese Calicut ← Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)
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  1. Malayalamകോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)
  2. PortugueseCalicut
  3. EnglishCalicut
  4. English todaycalico

From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).

Words from the same roots

Malayalamകോഴിക്കോട് all →

CalicutKozhikode

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