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Comment by zahlman

2 days ago

> I'm not sure why we both ended up with "dressed" given the French is literally "all garnishes / toppings" or "wholly garnished / topped".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dress

> 4. (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something). [from 15th c.]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/garnish

> 1. To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.

(Bonus: "garnish" is etymologically related to "warn". There are many such other pairs in English, e.g. "guarantee" / "warranty" and "guard" / "ward". (As I understand it: the Gauls could pronounce the "g", but the Franks couldn't.)