serviette — specifically a table napkin (pronounced ser-vee-et)
servilleta — this is the Spanish cognate that also means “napkin” (pronounced sare-vee-yeta)
Since English takes “serviette” from French, it makes sense that the French word is also “serviette.” Even though I’ve long had a love for cognates, this particular one eluded me until my final year o…
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