The story
- Medieval Latincarpita
- Old Frenchcarpite
- Middle Englishcarpette
- English todaycarpet
From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.