Editing Toque (section)

== Name ==
[[File:Woman's Toque LACMA M.64.85.6.jpg|thumb|left|Woman's toque from England, c. 1860 at the collection of [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]]]
[[File:Handkolorerad modeplasch från mars 1800. Damerna bär toquer, påsliknande mössor utan brätten - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0032520.jpg|thumb|upright|Young ladies wearing toques in a fashion drawing from 1800.]]
[[File:Tasseled toque of Yo-San silk and chenille embroidery 1917.png|thumb|upright|Tasseled toque from 1917 New York.]]
The word ''toque'' has been known in English since around 1500. It is a [[loan word]] from the [[French language|French]] {{lang|fr|tuque}} (15th century), presumably by the way of the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] {{lang|es|toca}} 'woman's headdress', from [[Arabic]] {{lang|ar|*taqa}} طاقة, itself from [[Old Persian]] {{lang|peo|taq}} 'veil, shawl'.<ref name="Harper">{{OEtymD|toque|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>

The word {{lang|br|toque}} in [[Breton language|Breton]] means 'hat'. The spelling with ⟨que⟩ is Middle Breton, and the Modern Breton spelling is {{lang|br|tok}}. Old Breton spells the word {{lang|br|toc}}. {{citation needed span|date=October 2021|The word was borrowed into the French language for both the chef's uniform and the knit cap.}}