Where does “tapestrie” come from?

tapestrie (Middle English) comes from Old French tapisserie, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

tapestrie (Middle English): tapestry fabric with embroidered designs

Definitions

  1. tapestry fabric with embroidered designs

Ancestry of “tapestrie”, step by step

tapestrie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tapisserie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtapisserietapestry
2Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat

via Middle English tapiserie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtapiserietapestry fabric with embroidered designs

Words derived from “tapestrie”

Every word from Ancient Greek τάπης →Every word from Old French tapisserie →