Etimology 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
| CRAVAT (necktie, tie) | English |
| CRAVATE | French |
| CORBATA | Spanish |
| GRAVATA | Portuguese, Greek |
| KARAFATTA | Arabic |
| KRAWATTE | German |
| CRAVATTA | Italian |
| KRAVAT | Turkish |
| KRAWAT | Polish |
| KRAWATKA | Ukrainian |
| KRAVATTI | Finnish |
| KRAVATE | Albanian |
