Etymograph

English

sash

Sash comes from Arabic شَاش ‘muslin cloth’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَاش1šāš‘muslin cloth’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1650sash1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sash
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Fuller, The Land of Moriah: “So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh…”.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentشَاشWiktionary, English sashšāš‘muslin cloth’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1650sashWiktionary, English sash. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Fuller, The Land of Moriah: “So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh…”

Every English word from Arabic شَاش

Another origin of sash

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentchâsse
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentchâssis‘frame’
  3. Englishtodaysash

Today it means

noun A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sash”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Arabic شَاش / sash

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