Etymology

lambrequin

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Today it means: A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet. Full definition →

French lambrequin ← Middle French lambequin ← Middle Dutch lepperkijn
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The story

  1. Old Dutch · derived fromlappakīn“little cloth”
  2. Middle Dutch · derived fromlepperkijn
  3. Middle French · derived fromlambequin
  4. French · borrowed fromlambrequin
  5. English todaylambrequin

Borrowed from French lambrequin, from Middle French lambequin, from Middle Dutch lepperkijn, lappekijn, from Old Dutch lappakīn (“little cloth”). Compare modern English lapkin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.