Etymology

lappie

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Today it means: loincloth Full definition →

Afrikaans lappie ← Dutch lappie
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromlappie
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromlappie
  3. English todaylappie

Borrowed from Afrikaans lappie, from Dutch lappie, Hollandic form of lapje (“a little rag”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.