couette French · revision 15668
17 Oct 2026, 17:45 by bogdan “French entry: fix related words / Frankish borrowing link” current version
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==Etymology==
− The duvet is [[inh|fro|coute]], [[inh|la|culcita|t=mattress, cushion]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|2, 1493a) which developed in two ways according to region, giving [[m|fro|coute]] and [[m|fro|coite]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Bloch and Wartburg think ''coute'' may have been reshaped after [[coucher]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The Latin word also gave [[it|coltrice]] and [[osp|colcedra]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) and the Old French form [[m|fro|cuilte]] passed into English as [[m|en|quilt]].^(Littré 1873)
+ The duvet is [[inh|fro|coute]], [[inh|la|culcita|t=mattress, cushion]],^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|2, 1493a) which developed in two ways according to region, giving [[m|fro|coute]] and [[m|fro|coite]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Bloch and Wartburg think “coute” may have been reshaped after [[coucher]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The Latin word also gave [[it|coltrice]] and [[osp|colcedra]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) and the Old French form [[m|fro|cuilte]] passed into English as [[m|en|quilt]].^(Littré 1873)
==Earliest recorded meaning==
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==Related words==
* [[queue]]
− * [[coussin]]
* [[en|quilt]]