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serviette (n.)
"table napkin," late 15c., from Middle French
serviette
"napkin, towel" (14c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps from past participle of
servir
"to serve" (see
serve
(v.)). Primarily Scottish at first; re-introduced from French 1818.
