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Beret

3 stages from Gascon/Occitan to English.

Today it means a soft, round, brimless cap, traditionally associated with France
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Stage 1 of 3
berret
Gascon/Occitan · medieval
"a soft round cap"
a soft, round, brimless woolen cap worn in southwestern France
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Stage 2 of 3
beret
French · 1800s
"a soft, round, brimless cap"
carried into standard French for the soft round cap
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Stage 3 of 3
beret
English · 1830s
"a soft, round, brimless cap"
adopted directly for the distinctive French cap
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