knit

Japanese: knit
knit

…It refers to the fabrics made by various knitting machines, but the term knit is more commonly used these days. The name is thought to come from the Spanish word medias or the Portuguese word meias, both of which mean socks.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "knit" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…各種の編物機械によってつくられる編地をいうが,最近はニットknitという語を用いることが多い。名称は靴下という意味のスペイン語のメディアスmediasあるいはポルトガル語のメイアスmeiasからきたものとされている。…

※「knit」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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