tartan.
tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders)
Meaning & usage
tartan (woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of intersecting orthogonal coloured stripes, associated with Scottish Highlanders)
tartan (pattern associated with such material)
clothing made of such fabric
tartan track (all-weather synthetic track surfacing made of polyurethane used for track and field competitions)
tartan track (stadium or running track covered with such material)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English tartan, from Middle English tartaryn, from Middle French tartarin, tiretaine, from Old French tiret, from tire, from Medieval Latin tyrius, from Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr).
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