satin

(Engels)

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈsætɪn/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From French satin, which is derived from "Zaitun", the Arabic name for the Chinese city of Quanzhou, itself derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “Zayton; olive”), from phono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.

Related words

satijnen

satineren

atłas

satyna

σατέν

اطلس

satiniere

σατινένιος

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