Etymology

santon

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French santon ← Spanish santón
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromsantón
  2. French · borrowed fromsanton
  3. English todaysanton

Borrowed from French santon, from Spanish santón.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.