Etymology

Gobelin

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Today it means: A mainly French and Flemish type of tapestry having richly coloured pictorial designs. Full definition →

German Kobold
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The story

  1. German · derived fromKobold“evil gnome”
  2. English todayGobelin

Named after a Parisian manufacturing company founded by Jean Gobelin, whose French name derives from German Kobold (“evil gnome”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.