Etymology

napery

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Today it means: Household linen, especially table linen. Full definition →

Middle English naperie ← Anglo-Norman naperie ← Middle French naperie
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromnape
  2. Middle French · derived fromnaperie
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromnaperie
  4. Middle English · inherited fromnaperie
  5. English todaynapery

From Middle English naperie, from Anglo-Norman naperie, Middle French naperie, from Old French nape + -erie.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchnape all →

nape

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