Etymology

farthingale

far·thin·gale
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Today it means: A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat. Full definition →

Middle French verdugale ← Spanish verdugado
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromverdugado
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromverdugale
  3. English todayfarthingale

Hobson-Jobson of earlier forms vardingale, etc., borrowed from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado, from verdugo (“rod”).

Words from the same roots

Spanishverdugado all →

verdugado

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