Etymology

brocade

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Today it means: A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns. Full definition →

Occitan brocada ← Portuguese brocado ← French brocart
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  1. Italian · derived frombroccato
  2. French · derived frombrocart
  3. Portuguese · derived frombrocado
  4. Occitan · derived frombrocada
  5. English todaybrocade

From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.