English
serape
Serape comes from Spanish serape.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentserape
- Englishearliest quotation 1990serape
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentserape
- Englishearliest quotation 1990serape
Earliest quotation: 1990, Elizabeth R. Brown, It Was A Woman Who Killed Her: “R. C. Gorman's painting depicts a tall woman wrapped…”
Every English word from Spanish serape
Today it means
noun A type of blanket worn as a cloak, especially by Spanish-Americans, or used as a saddle blanket.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish serape / serape