English
guimpe
Guimpe comes from French guimpe ‘wimple’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz ‘a head covering’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wimpilaz‘a head covering’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*wimpilreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400guimple‘wimple’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600guimpe
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘wimple’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wimpilaz‘a head covering’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*wimpilreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400guimple‘wimple’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600guimpe
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘wimple’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916same form
Earliest quotation: 1916, Smocking: “Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk…”
The story
Also influenced by Old French guimpre (‘a kind of trimming’), from the same Germanic source.
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz
Today it means
noun Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz / guimpe