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ser⋅vi⋅ette

[sur-vee-et]
–noun Chiefly British.
a table napkin.

Origin:
1480–90; < MF, equiv. to servi(r) to serve + -ette -ette; for the formation, cf. oubliette
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ser·vi·ette   (sûr'vē-ět')   
n.   Chiefly British
A table napkin.

[French, from Old French serviete, perhaps from servir, to serve; see serve.]
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serviette 
"table napkin," 1489, from Fr. serviette "napkin, towel," perhaps from pp. of servir "to serve" (see serve). Exclusively Scottish at first, re-introduced from Fr. 1818.
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