英语词汇batiste fabric的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

batiste fabric. One account claims that the popular batiste fabric takes its name from the soft linen used in medieval times to wipe holy water off the heads of baptized infants. It is more likely that the word derives from the name of one Jean Baptiste, of Cambrai, a 13th-century French linen weaver about whom little is known beyond his name. Cambric was at the time al- ready a trade name for a linen manufactured at Cambrai, or Kamoric. English merchants needed another word for this new Cambrai product, so they named it after the French weaver but misspelled his name. Today batiste is no longer only linen ma- terial. Sheer cotton batiste is used for lingerie, handkerchiefs, and children’s wear, and sheer rayon, silk, and woolen batistes are common, too.

词汇	batiste fabric
词源	batiste fabric. One account claims that the popular batiste fabric takes its name from the soft linen used in medieval times to wipe holy water off the heads of baptized infants. It is more likely that the word derives from the name of one Jean Baptiste, of Cambrai, a 13th-century French linen weaver about whom little is known beyond his name. Cambric was at the time al- ready a trade name for a linen manufactured at Cambrai, or Kamoric. English merchants needed another word for this new Cambrai product, so they named it after the French weaver but misspelled his name. Today batiste is no longer only linen ma- terial. Sheer cotton batiste is used for lingerie, handkerchiefs, and children’s wear, and sheer rayon, silk, and woolen batistes are common, too.
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