Etymograph

English

pourpointerie

Pourpointerie comes from French pourpointerie.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentpourpointerie1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1840pourpointerie1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pourpointerie
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1840, Charles Henry Hartshorne, A Discourse on Funeral Monuments in that County: “The Cuisses of Sir Thomas Cheyne, are of Pourpointerie.…”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentpourpointerieWiktionary, English pourpointerie
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1840pourpointerieWiktionary, English pourpointerie. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1840, Charles Henry Hartshorne, A Discourse on Funeral Monuments in that County: “The Cuisses of Sir Thomas Cheyne, are of Pourpointerie.…”

Every English word from French pourpointerie

Today it means

noun Quilting of the sort used in constructing pourpoints.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pourpointerie”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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