Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To make (paper, silver, etc.) smooth and glossy like satin.
adj
Semigloss.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen). · Gin (the drink).
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.
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