Where does “vest” come from?
vest (Danish) comes from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
vest (Danish): the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest
Definitions
- the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest
Ancestry of “vest”, step by step
vest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French veste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | veste | jacket |
| 2 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 3 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 4 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 5 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Old Norse vestr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | vestr | west, westwards |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |