myEtymology.com: English etymology of oilcloth

Etymology of the English word oilcloth

the English word oilcloth

derived from the English word oil

derived from the Old French word oile

derived from the Latin word oleum (oil)

derived from the Greek word elaion, ἔλαιον, ἐλαιών (an olive-orchard; the Mount of Olives)

derived from the Greek word elaia, ἐλαία (an olive (the tree or the fruit))

derived from the Greek root *elaiwon

derived from the Greek root *elaiwa

derived from the English word cloth

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *kalithaz