qṭn / Semitic roots
Examples of words with the root qṭn: cotton.
qṭn
To be(come) thin, fine, small.
cotton, from Arabic quṭn, quṭun, cotton, perhaps akin to Akkadian qatānu, to be(come) thin, fine (of textiles), or perhaps borrowed from an unknown source.Browse all Indo-European or Semitic roots.