Etymology

gingham

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Today it means: A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks. Full definition →

Malay genggang ← French Guingamp
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  1. French · derived fromGuingamp
  2. Malay · borrowed fromgenggang“ajar; apart”
  3. English todaygingham

From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.

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