Etymology

camlet

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Today it means: A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk. Full definition →

Middle English chamelet ← Old French chamelot ← Arabic خَمْلَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromخَمْلَة“velvet”
  2. Old French · derived fromchamelot
  3. Middle English · inherited fromchamelet
  4. English todaycamlet

From Middle English chamelet, chamelot, chamlot via Old French chamelot, suffixed + -ot from Arabic خَمْلَة (ḵamla, “velvet”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.