Etymology

stamin

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Today it means: A kind of coarse woollen cloth from England. Full definition →

Old French estamine ← Medieval Latin stāminea ← Latin stāmineus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromstāmineus“trimmed with thread”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromstāminea“kind of woollen cloth”
  3. Old French · derived fromestamine
  4. English todaystamin

From Old French estamine (modern French étamine), from Medieval Latin stāminea (“kind of woollen cloth”), from Latin stāmineus (“trimmed with thread”), from stāmen (“warp (of a loom)”).

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