tapestry

tapestry
\ \ [15] The ultimate source of tapestry is Greek tápēstapestry, woven carpet’. Its diminutive from tapētion was borrowed via late Latin tapētium into Old French as tapiscarpet’.
\ \ From this was derived the verb tapissercover with a carpet’, and this in turn formed the basis of a noun tapisseriecarpets, woven material’.
\ \ English took it over and altered it to tapestry.

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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