bambagia

Concepts

cotton wool

wadding

cotton-wool

absorbent cotton

Synonyms

ovatta

cotone

cotone idrofilo

Translations

ouate

βαμβάκι

algodón

watten

coton hydrophile

coton

algodão

lã

guata

pamuk

cotó

vatka

cotó fluix

Baumwolle

Etymology

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).