chiffon

The story

1. Old English · derived fromċipp“chip, splinter, shaving”
2. Middle English · derived fromchip
3. Old French · derived fromchipe“rag”
4. Middle French · derived fromchiffe“cloth, old rag”
5. French · borrowed fromchiffon
6. English todaychiffon

Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.

Words from the same roots