Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down11
arrow-up1202arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 months agoDenim= De Nîmes (from the city of Nîmes) Jeans = Gênes , the French weird for Genoa. The cotton weave, indigo dyed cloth originated in Genoa, and in France the main production centre was Nîmes. So ‘denim jeans’ is both a tautology and a contradiction
Denim= De Nîmes (from the city of Nîmes)
Jeans = Gênes , the French weird for Genoa.
The cotton weave, indigo dyed cloth originated in Genoa, and in France the main production centre was Nîmes.
So ‘denim jeans’ is both a tautology and a contradiction