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From Middle Frenchcariatide, from Latincaryatides, from Ancient GreekΚαρυάτιδες(Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις(Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω(karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι(Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”).
She wore on the top of her head an upright circular cap that made her resemble a caryatid disburdened, and on other parts of her person strange combinations of colours, stuffs, shapes, of metal, mineral and plant.
