paisley · noun, adjective1
From Paisley, Renfrewshire, in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.
Paisley · proper noun2
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromPàislig“pasture”
- English todayPaisley
From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”). Despite occasional respellings such as Paisleigh, this word does not etymologically contain the suffix -ley/-leigh.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.