The story
- Proto-Slavic*guna
- Late Latingunna
- Old Frenchgoune
- Middle Englishgowne
- English todaygown
From Middle English gowne, from Anglo-Norman goune, gune (“fur-trimmed coat, pelisse”), from Old French goune, from Late Latin gunna (“leather garment, a fur”). Cognate with Manx gooyn, Irish gúna.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.