TIL the "cravat" was named after a "Croat" light cavalry unit — essentially southern slavic hussars? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats_(military_unit) https

TIL the "cravat" was named after a "Croat" light cavalry unit — essentially southern slavic hussars? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats_(military_unit) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats_(military_unit) > Hussars never take money —Lt. DR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Croats_and_Croatia#Distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Croats_and_Croati... mentions a toponym, Chrawat, so maybe something similar is the source of the 'v' in "cravat"? Or did the french simply add the 'v' in because they were transliterating à la hussarde?)