Applique
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:27 pm
by William Hupy
From French, from Latin. A material applied over another.
Re: Applique
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:47 am
by Slava
Diving further back to the simple 'apply', we find that it's from PIE for 'to plait', as in to plait something into something. Applicable to appliqué, no?