Plural of cotton; multiple cotton plants, cotton fibers, or cotton fabrics.
Cotton (from Arabic qutun via Old French coton) + -s plural suffix. The Arabic origin reflects how cotton cultivation and trade came to Europe through Islamic regions.
Cotton traveled from India to the Middle East to Europe—the Arabic word 'qutun' shows how trade routes carried not just goods but also the words we use, which is why English's oldest cotton reference is from an Arabic word.
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