Etymology

ferrandine

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Today it means: A kind of cloth made of silk and wool. Full definition →

Latin ferrum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromferrum“iron”
  2. English todayferrandine

French; compare Old French ferrant (“iron-gray”), from Latin ferrum (“iron”).

Words from the same roots

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