Etymology of the French word écharpe

Date

The earliest known usage of écharpe in French dates from the 12th century.

Derivations in French

écharper

Derivations in other languages

Portuguese charpa, Portuguese echarpe, Romanian eşarfă, Spanish echarpe

Cognates

Dutch sjerp, English scarf, German Schärpe, Italian sciarpa, Norwegian skjerf, Swedish skärp