Etymology

falda

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Today it means: A white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground. Full definition →

Italian falda ← Lombardic *falda ← Proto-Germanic *faldō
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*faldō
  2. Lombardic · derived from*falda
  3. Italian · borrowed fromfalda
  4. English todayfalda

From Italian falda, from Lombardic *falda, from Proto-Germanic *faldō, *falþō, related to Middle High German falde, falte (“a fold”). More at English fold.

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