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Brocade

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a rich fabric woven with a raised, often gold or silver, pattern
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Stage 1 of 2
broccato
Italian · 1500s
"an embossed fabric"
from broccare (to stud, to spur), describing raised, embossed patterns woven into cloth
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Stage 2 of 2
brocade
English · 1560s
"a richly decorative woven fabric"
settled as the English word for the richly patterned woven fabric
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