Where does “feuperie” come from?

feuperie (Old French) comes from Old French feupe, from Late Latin faluppa, from Old French felpe.

feuperie (Old French): old clothes, rags

Definitions

  1. old clothes, rags

Ancestry of “feuperie”, step by step

feuperie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French feupe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfeupeclothes, rags
2Late Latinfaluppastraw, fiber, chip; chaff
3Old Frenchfelpe—

via Old French frepe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfrepea rag
2Latinfaluppachaff
Every word from Old French felpe →Every word from Late Latin faluppa →Every word from Old French feupe →