Complex sentence: The word'tassel' comes from the Latin "tassau" which meant a clasp (as for the neck of a garment), but also later served to denote string ties, which were later terminated in increasingly elaborate tassels.
Split into simpler sentences: The word'tassel' comes from the Latin "tassau" which meant a clasp (as for the neck of a garment). This word was also later served to denote string ties, which ended in increasingly elaborate tassels.