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napery

Meaninga cloth

Common meaning: tablecloths and napkins collectively

Journey through time

  1. Latinmappa‘a cloth’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsa cloth → the samezaparia‘the same’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsthe same → orignaperie‘orig’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsorig → tablecloths and napkins collectivelynapery‘tablecloths and napkins collectively’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin mappa ‘a cloth’.

Roots

  • mappa Latin “a cloth”

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