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Where does “drapery” come from?

Drapery comes from Old French draperie, from the suffix Old French -erie added to Frankish drapi, ultimately from Proto-Germanic drepaną meaning to strike or beat.

drapery (English): Cloth draped gracefully in folds; A piece of...

Definitions

  1. Cloth draped gracefully in folds; A piece of...

Ancestry of “drapery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdraperieclothmaking
2Old French-erieused to form feminine nouns
3Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “drapery”

  • draperied
  • draperylike
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