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kirtle

Meaninga tunic

Common meaning: historical tunic, gown or skirt

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishcyrtel‘a tunic’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa tunic → gownkirtel‘gown’source
  3. Englishkirtle‘historical tunic, gown or skirt’ · 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 Old English cyrtel ‘a tunic’.

Roots

  • cyrtel Old English “a tunic”

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