Suede

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mid 17th century: from French (gants de) Suède ‘(gloves of) Sweden’.

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French(gants de) Suède(“(gloves of) Sweden”)

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suede (n.)

undressed kid skin, 1884 (as an adjective from 1874), from gants de Suède (1859), literally "gloves of Sweden," from French Suède "Sweden" (see Swede). Suede shoes attested from 1885.