Etymology

jazerant

jaz·er·ant
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Today it means: A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine. Full definition →

Middle English jessera(u)nt ← Old French jazerant ← Old Occitan jazerenc
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromجَزَائِرِيّ“Algerian, of Algiers”
  2. Old Occitan · derived fromjazerenc
  3. Old French · derived fromjazerant
  4. Middle English · inherited fromjessera(u)nt
  5. English todayjazerant

From Middle English jessera(u)nt, gessera(u)nt(e), from Old French jazerant, from Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, “Algerian, of Algiers”), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.