carpet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thick fabric used to cover a floor.

   They laid a soft red carpet in the living room.

2. 2
   noun

   A thick layer of something that covers a surface like a carpet.

   A carpet of fallen leaves covered the forest floor.

3. 3
   verb

   To cover a floor or surface with carpet.

   They carpeted the bedrooms last week.

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Simplified etymology

Carpet came from Old Italian carpita, meaning “woollen bedspread,” based on Latin carpere, “to pluck” or “pull to pieces.” Carpets originally covered tables or beds rather than floors, and the modern floor-covering sense developed later.

From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).

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