Etymology

cordwain

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Today it means: A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide. Full definition →

Spanish Córdoba
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromCórdoba
  2. English todaycordwain

From cordovan, from Córdova (“a Spanish town”), borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.

Words from the same roots

SpanishCórdoba all →

Cordovacordwainercórdoba

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.