Etymology

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Today it means: A loose, flowing upper garment. Full definition →

Middle English gowne ← Old French goune ← Late Latin gunna
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  1. Proto-Slavic*guna
  2. Late Latingunna
  3. Old Frenchgoune
  4. Middle Englishgowne
  5. 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.

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