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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
TAPESTRY.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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TAPESTRY,
a kind of carpet-work, with wrought figures, esp. used for decorating
walls. (F.,—L.,—Gk.) 'A faire and pleasant
lodgeyng, hanged with riche arasse or tapestrye;' Sir T. Elyot, The
Governour, b. iii. c. 2 (fol. 144). Tapestrye is a corruption
of tapisserye; Palsgrave gives: 'Tapysserye worke, tapisserie.'—F.
tapisserie, tapistry;' Cot.—F. tapisser, 'to furnish with
tapistry;' id.—F. tapis, 'tapistry hangings;' id. (Cf.
Span. tapiz, tapestry, tapete, small floor-carpet; Ital. tappeto,
a carpet, tappezzare, to hang with tapestry; tappezzeria,
tapestry.)—Low Lat. tapecius, tapestry, A.D. 1010.—Lat. tapete,
cloth, hangings.—Gk.
ταπητ-, stem of
τάπης, a carpet, woollen
rug. Cf. Pers. tabastah, a fringed carpet or cushion, Rich. Dict.,
p. 362. See also Tape, Tippet,
Tabard. Der. We say 'on
the tapis;' from F. tapis, carpet.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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