'Cashmere' is a word borrowed from Hindi 'cashmere'. The word entered the English language some time around 1684.
cashmere [noun] [1684]
- fine wool from the undercoat of the cashmere goat
- a yarn of this wool
- a soft twilled fabric made originally from cashmere
See 'cashmere' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: (Kashmir)
See more loan words from 1600s.
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