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setino

setino

Italian

Noun

setino m ‎(plural setini)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of satin: satin.

Etymology 2

From Latin Sētīnus, from Sētia ‎(“Sezze”) + -inus ‎(“forming adjs.”).

Adjective

setino m ‎(feminine singular setina, masculine plural setini, feminine plural setine)

  1. Of or from Sezze

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 "satin, n. (and adj.)" in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1909.
  2. ↑ E.g., Henry Yule's "Chinchew" entry for the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., 1878.
  3. ↑ Kauz, Ralph. Aspects of the Maritime Silk Road, p. 145.

Etymology

From Latin sētā ‎(“silk”), probably via unattested Late Latin sētīnus ‎(“silken [cloth]”).[1] Very frequently folk-etymologized to derive from Arabic زيتون ‎(“Zayton; olive”),[2] a calque of Quanzhou's former Chinese nickname 刺桐城 ‎(“Tung Tree City”), after the trees which had been extensively planted there in the 10th century by Liu Congxiao,[3] but the derivation is unsupported.[1]

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