Etymology

chaplet

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Today it means: A garland or circlet for the head. Full definition →

Middle English chapelet ← Old French chapelet
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  1. Old French · derived fromchapelet
  2. Middle English · inherited fromchapelet
  3. English todaychaplet

From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet.

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