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zetani

zetani

Italian

Alternative forms

Noun

zetani m ‎(invariable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of setino: satin.

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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