tissu
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French tissu, participle of tistre (modern tisser). Compare Italian tessuto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittissu m (plural tissus)
Further reading
edit- “tissu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French tissu, past participle of tistre.
Forms with /ʃ/ do not reflect palatalisation of /s/ (as in modern English); instead, they exist because Old French /s(s)/ was perceived as being phonetically closer to Middle English /ʃ/ than to /s/.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittissu
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “tissheu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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