cotoun

Old French

Alternative forms

• coton, cotun
• cotton, cottun (rare)

Etymology

From Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”).

Noun

cotoun oblique singular, m (oblique plural cotouns, nominative singular cotouns, nominative plural cotoun)

1. (uncountable) cotton
2. (countable) a piece of cotton

Descendants

• French: coton
  • Portuguese: cotão
• → Middle English: coton, cotun, cotoun; coteyn, cotton, cotyn, kotyn
  • English: cotton
  • → Irish: cotún
  • Scots: cotton, catton
  • → Welsh: cotwm

References

• cotun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub