Etymology

jupe

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Today it means: A style of skirt. Full definition →

Middle English jupe ← Middle French jupe ← Old Italian giubba
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jupe · noun1

  1. Arabicجُبَّة (jubba)
  2. Old Italiangiubba
  3. Middle Frenchjupe
  4. Middle Englishjupe
  5. English todayjupe

From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.

jupe · noun, verb2

Apparently named after an EFnet user called Jupiter who did this to NickServ

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