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From what word does the term toques originate?

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Name. The word toque has been known in English since around 1500. It is a loan word from the French toque (15th century), presumably by the way of the Spanish toca 'woman's headdress', from Arabic *taqa طاقة, itself from Old Persian taq 'veil, shawl'.


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