Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

My Name's Etymology


Shortening of jean fustian, itself from jean (from Middle English Gene (“Genoa [city state]”), the -s was added influenced by the cognate Old French Jannes, (modern=) GĂȘnes) + fustian (“strong cotton fabric”) (fromMiddle English, from Old French fustaine, from medieval Latin fustaneum, probably from Latin fustis (“club; (medieval sense) tree trunk”).