From Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus, from Ancient Greek κόβαλος. Displaced native .
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