Fustanelle
/ˌfʊstəˈnɛl/noun
A knee-length pleated skirt or kilt-like garment worn in parts of southeastern Europe, especially Greece and Albania.
Did you know?The word is a borrowing tied to cloth-making vocabulary, showing how garments often keep the memory of the fabric they were first made from.
Etymological Timeline
Latin (late)
Latin
fustānus
“A type of cloth, likely referring to a cotton or cotton-blend fabric”
Old Italian / Medieval Romance
Romance
fustagno
“Coarse fustian cloth”
Greek (19th century borrowing)
Greek
φουστανέλλα (foustanélla)
“A pleated skirt or tunic-like garment”
Modern English
English
fustanelle
“A pleated Balkan skirt or kilt-like garment”