Etymology

houppelande

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Today it means: A robe or long tunic that is worn belted or with a fitted bodice often having full long sleeves and lined with fur. Full definition →

Middle English hopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande ← Old French houppelande ← Old English hōppāda
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhōppāda“upper tunic”
  2. Old French · derived fromhouppelande
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande
  4. English todayhouppelande

Inherited from Middle English hopeland, hopland, houpelond, hoppelande, from Old French houppelande (1281), probably a calque from Old English hōppāda (“upper tunic”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.