French scholar Gilles Ménage determined that "camlet" was derived from zambelot, a Levantine term for stuffs made with the fine hair of a Turkish goat, probably the Angora goat, from which comes the term Turkish camelot.
fɹˈɛntʃ skˈɑːlɚ dʒˈɪlz meɪnˈɑːʒ dɪtˈɜːmɪnd ðˈæt "kˈæmlɪt" wʌz dᵻɹˈaɪvd fɹʌm zˈæmbɪlˌɑːt, ɐ lˈɛvɐntˌiːn tˈɜːm fɔːɹ stˈʌfs mˌeɪd wɪððə fˈaɪn hˈɛɹ əvə tˈɜːkɪʃ ɡˈoʊt, pɹˈɑːbəbli ðɪ ˈæŋɡoːɹə ɡˈoʊt, fɹʌm wˈɪtʃ kˈʌmz ðə tˈɜːm tˈɜːkɪʃ kˈæmɪlˌɑːt.