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==Etymology== The term ''gambeson'' is a loan from the Old French {{lang|fro|gambeson}}, {{lang|fro|gambaison}}, originally {{lang|fro|wambais}}, formed after the [[Middle High German]] term {{lang|gmh|wambeis}}, 'doublet', in turn from [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|wamba}}, 'stomach' ([[cognate]] to ''[[womb]]'').<ref>{{cite dictionary |title= Gambeson |dictionary=Merriam-Webster |language=en |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gambeson}}</ref> The term ''aketon'', originally the [[medieval French]] {{lang|fro|alcottonem}}, might be a loan from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] {{transliteration|ar|al-qutn}}, meaning '[[cotton]]' (definite article – "{{em|the}} cotton"). In [[Old Norse|medieval Norse]], the garment was known as {{lang|non|vápntreyja}}, literally 'weapon shirt', or {{lang|non|panzari/panzer}}.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leiv |last1=Heggstad |first2=Finn |last2=Hødnebø |first3=Erik |last3=Simensen |title=Norrøn Ordbok |publisher=Det norske samlaget |location=Oslo |year=2008 |orig-year=1909 |isbn=978-8252171501 |oclc=768091918 |pages=477, 703–704 }}</ref> {{lang|non|Treyja}} is a loan from (Middle) Low German.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=trøye |encyclopedia=[[Bokmålsordboka]] | publisher=University of Bergen |language=no |url=https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=+tr%C3%B8ye&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&begge=+&ordbok=begge |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> {{lang|non|Panzari/panzer}} is probably also a loan from [[Middle Low German]], though the word has its likely origin in Italian, and is related to the Latin {{lang|la|pantex}}, meaning 'abdomen',<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title= panser |encyclopedia=[[Bokmålsordboka]] |publisher=University of Bergen |language=no |url=https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=+panser&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&begge=+&ordbok=begge |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> cognate with English ''paunch''.<ref>{{cite OED | paunch |id=139043 |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref>
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