Denim
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late 17th century (as serge denim ): from French serge de Nîmes, denoting a kind of serge from the town of Nîmes.
wiktionary
From the French phrase de Nîmes(“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.
etymonline
denim (n.)
1690s, from French serge de Nîmes "serge from Nîmes," town in southern France. Originally a kind of serge; application to "coarse, colored, twilled cotton cloth" is by 1850 in American English. Denims "pants made of denim" is recorded from 1868; originally typically overalls. The place name is Roman Nemausus, said to be ultimately from Gaulish nemo "sanctuary."
