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noun a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
noun primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
originFrom Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA]).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0