http://www.academia-cravatica.hr/etimologija/ en info@wmd.hr Copyright 2006 2006-06-03T15:23:00+00:00 http://academia-cravatica.hr/etimologija/etimologija_i_znacenje_kravate/ http://academia-cravatica.hr/etimologija/etimologija_i_znacenje_kravate/#When:15:23:00Z The term “tie” in English derives from “to tie a cravat” and represents in fact one way of tying the neckwear, which has developed from the original cravat. The word “cravat” derives from the French “cravate”– “Croat”, since it was Croats who popularized the fashion of wearing a scarf tied around the neck. Cravat - A scarf or band of fabric worn around the neck as a tie 2006-06-03T15:23:00+00:00