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[dʒuːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- rough fibre made from the stems of a tropical Old World plant, used for making twine and rope or woven into sacking or matting
- the herbaceous plant which is cultivated for jute fibre, with edible young shoots
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Origin
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mid 18th century: from Bengali jhūṭo ‘matted hair’, from Prakrit juṣṭi
[dʒuːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a member of a Germanic people that (according to Bede) joined the Angles and Saxons in invading Britain in the 5th century, settling in a region including Kent and the Isle of Wight. They may have come from Jutland
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Origin
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Old English Eotas, Iotas, influenced later in spelling by medieval Latin Jutae, Juti
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