Etymology

vimpa

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Today it means: A veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches. Full definition →

Medieval Latin vimpa ← Frankish *wimpil ← Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wimpilaz
  2. Frankish · derived from*wimpil
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromvimpa
  4. English todayvimpa

From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *wīpaną (“to wind, swing”). Doublet of wimple.

Words from the same roots

Frankish*wimpil all →

guimpe

Proto-Germanic*wimpilaz all →

guimpewimple

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.