chippe

Italian

Noun

chippe f

plural of chippa

Middle English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃip/

Etymology 1

From Old English ċipp.

Alternative forms

chep, chip

Noun

chippe (plural chippes)

chip, splinter, shaving (of wood)
kindling, trash
peg
share-beam (of a plow)
A slice (of bread)

Descendants

English: chip
Scots: chip
Yola: chemis (plural)
→ Old French: chippe, chipe
- Middle French: chiffe
  - French: chiffe
    - ⇒ French: chiffon
      - → English: chiffon

References

“chippe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

chippe

Alternative form of schip

Old French

Alternative forms

chipe

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English chippe, from Old English ċipp, from Old English *ċippian (“to chip, chip off”).

Noun

chippe f

rag (poor quality item of clothing)

Descendants

Middle French: chiffe
- French: chiffe
  - ⇒ French: chiffon
    - → English: chiffon

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chipe)

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