English
Quarpel
Blend of quartermaster + repellent.
A blend of quartermaster + repellent
Middle English quartermayster
English quartermaster
Proto-Italic *wre- ‘back, backwards’
Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’
Latin pellō ‘push, drive’
Latin repellō ‘repel, reject’
Latin repellēns ‘repelling’
English repellent
The story
Developed in the 1960s at the United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center.
Today it means
name A durable water-repellent and oil-resistant treatment for textiles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Quarpel