Woolen
/ˈwʊlən/noun
Made of wool or of a wool-like fabric.
Did you know?Its deepest root is the same ancient source behind words like “velvet” and “vellum” in distant branches of Indo-European, all tied to the idea of hair, fleece, or soft covering.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wel-
“to turn, wind, or cover; later extended in daughter languages to ideas of fleece, hair, or soft covering”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wullinaz
“made of wool”
Old English
OE
wullene
“woolen; made of wool”
Middle English
ME
wollen
“woolen; made of wool”
Modern English
English
woolen
“made of wool or wool-like fabric”