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Chiffon

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means a lightweight, sheer fabric made of silk or synthetic fiber
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Stage 1 of 2
chiffe
French · 1700s
"a rag, a flimsy cloth"
a rag, a flimsy piece of cloth
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Stage 2 of 2
chiffon
English · 1800s
"a sheer, lightweight fabric"
settled as the English word for the sheer, lightweight fabric
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