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napkin (n.)
early 15c., from Old French
nape
"tablecloth, cloth cover, towel" (from Latin
mappa
; see
map
(n.)) + Middle English
-kin
"little." No longer felt as a diminutive. The Old French diminutive was
naperon
(see
apron
).
