Where does “attire” come from?
Attire derives from Middle English atyren, from Old French atirier, formed from the prefix a- (from Latin ad-) combined with a root from Proto-Indo-European der-, ultimately meaning to arrange or put in order.
attire (English): One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes; The...
Definitions
- One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes; The...
Ancestry of “attire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | atyren | — |
| 2 | Old French | atirier | to arrange; to put into order; to equip; to... |
| 3 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 4 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |