Etymology

passementerie

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Today it means: A decorative piece of lace or other cloth on clothes. Full definition →

French passementerie
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The story

  1. French · derived frompassement“decorative lace”
  2. French · derived frompassementerie
  3. English todaypassementerie

Borrowed from French passementerie, from French passement (“decorative lace”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.