Etymology

tartarin

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Today it means: A type of fine woolen or silk fabric, probably imported, mentioned from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Full definition →

Middle English tartarin ← Middle French tartarin
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  1. Middle French · derived fromtartarin“Tartar, Tartarian”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtartarin
  3. English todaytartarin

From Middle English tartarin, tartaryn, from Old French/Middle French tartarin (“Tartar, Tartarian”); see Tartar for more.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.