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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dressing up--in tapestry #74607 06/30/02 08:47 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy OP Carpal Tunnel OP of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Another word that betrays a IE root.. starting in LME, as tapsterie, and earlier, tapicerie, <MFr: tapisserie <OFr: tapis,, carpet, it prob. came from the Iranian taftan, to twist, to spin.. from the IE *temp-, to stretch.. tapestries are not woven on the same sort of looms as most cloth, but on stretchers.. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted dressing up--in satin of troy 06/29/02 11:33 PM Re: dressing up--in chintz of troy 06/29/02 11:40 PM Re: dressing up--in gingham of troy 06/29/02 11:49 PM Re: dressing up--in serge of troy 06/30/02 12:01 AM Re: dressing up--in serge Wordwind 06/30/02 11:10 AM Re: dressing up--in serge of troy 06/30/02 11:41 AM Re: dressing up--in serge Wordwind 06/30/02 03:27 PM Re: dressing up--in serge of troy 06/30/02 03:49 PM Re: dressing up--in serge wwh 06/30/02 04:10 PM silk again dodyskin 07/08/02 03:23 PM Re: silk again of troy 07/08/02 03:53 PM Re: silk ladymoon 07/01/02 06:25 PM Re: silk of troy 07/01/02 07:03 PM Re: dressing up--in denim of troy 06/30/02 08:37 PM Silk "armour" FishonaBike 07/01/02 02:21 PM Re: Silk "armour" of troy 07/01/02 02:43 PM Re: chintzy Keiva 06/30/02 12:05 AM Re: chintzy wwh 06/30/02 12:09 AM Re: dressing up--in chintz of troy 06/30/02 12:24 AM Re: dressing up--in cotton of troy 06/30/02 02:53 PM Re: dressing up--in wool of troy 06/30/02 03:07 PM Re: dressing up--in tapestry of troy 06/30/02 08:47 PM Re: dressing up--in tafetta of troy 07/01/02 07:08 PM Re: dressing up--in tafetta estry wow 07/06/02 04:54 PM Re: dressing up--in tafetta estry of troy 07/06/02 05:05 PM Re: dressing up-- wool wow 07/07/02 04:15 PM Re: dressing up-- wool wwh 07/07/02 05:22 PM Re: dressing up-- wool Fiberbabe 07/07/02 07:21 PM Re: dressing up--in tafetta estry of troy 07/06/02 05:11 PM toweling off consuelo 07/07/02 04:54 PM Re: dressing up--in silk FishonaBike 07/07/02 08:54 PM Re: taking silk to the max wow 07/08/02 03:26 PM Re: taking silk to the max FishonaBike 07/08/02 09:55 PM nylon roots Keiva 06/30/02 03:44 PM Re: nylon roots of troy 06/30/02 08:33 PM Re: dressing up--in nylon stockings Keiva 06/30/02 12:37 AM Re: dressing up--in nylon stockings wwh 06/30/02 12:59 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,415 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (1 invisible), 807 guests, and 5 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,586 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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