Etymology

tissue

tis·sue
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Today it means: Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric. Full definition →

Middle English tissu ← Old French tissu ← Latin texō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtexō“to weave”
  2. Old French · derived fromtissu“woven”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtissu
  4. English todaytissue

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

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