Etymology

leno

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Today it means: A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains. Full definition →

French linon
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromlinon“lawn (linen fabric)”
  2. English todayleno

From French linon (“lawn (linen fabric)”), from lin (“linen; flax”) + -on.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.