Where does “chiffon” come from?
chiffon (French) comes from French chiffe, from Middle French chiffe, from Old French chipe, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
chiffon (French): rag; scrap
Definitions
- rag; scrap
Ancestry of “chiffon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chiffe | rag; drip |
| 2 | Middle French | chiffe | cloth, old rag |
| 3 | Old French | chipe | rag; bit, scrap |
| 4 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 5 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 6 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |