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crepe (n.)
1797, from French
crêpe
, from Old French
crespe
(14c.), from Latin
crispa
, fem. of
crispus
"curled, wrinkled" (see
crisp
(adj.)). Meaning "small, thin pancake" is from 1877.
Crepe paper
is first attested 1895.
