bambagia

Betekenis (Engels)

cotton wool

Sinonieme

ovatta

cotone

cotone idrofilo

Vertalings

cotton wool

ouate

βαμβάκι

wadding

algodón

algodão

cotton-wool

watten

coton

coton hydrophile

pamuk

cotó

vatka

cotó fluix

Etimologie (Engels)

From Medieval Latin bombacium, Byzantine Greek βαμβάκιον (bambákion), from either Ancient Greek βάμβαξ (bámbax, “cotton”) or Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silk-worm”), whose ultimate origin is unknown. Compare Greek βαμβάκι (vamváki), Venetan bonbaxo, Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag).