Etymology of the English word damask
the English word
damaskderived from the Latin word
Damascus (Damascus)
derived from the Greek word
Damaskos, Δαμασκός (Damascus, a city of Syria)
Date
The earliest known usage of damask in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
damasked,
damaskingCognates
Dutch
damast, Dutch
dame, French
damas, French
dame, German
Damast, German
Dame, Icelandic
dammtafl, Italian
dama, Lithuanian
dama, Norwegian
damask, Norwegian
dame, Polish
dama, Provençal
dama, Russian
дaмa, Spanish
doña, Swedish
damast, Swedish
damUsage
Word found in Modern English
