Where does “diaper” come from?

Diaper comes from Middle English dyaper, from Old French diaspre, from Medieval Latin diaspra, a patterned fabric.

diaper (English): A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern...

Definitions

  1. A textile fabric having a diamond-shaped pattern...

Ancestry of “diaper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdyaperFabric with repetitive patterns of shapes or...
2Old Frenchdyapre
3Latindiaspra
4Greekδίασπρος

Words derived from “diaper

Every word from Greek δίασπρος
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