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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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kerchief (arch.) cloth head-covering. XIII. ME.
c(o)urchef,
kerchif — AN.
courchef = (O)F.
couvre-,
cuevre-chef, f.
couvrir COVER +
chief head (see
CHIEF). The form
kerchief is from the var.
cuevrechef (cf.
ME.
kever cover, from
cuevr-, stressed stem of
couvrir).
Hence
handkerchief XVI,
neckerchief XIV (
necke couerchef,
neckerchef).
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