Where does “attirement” come from?
attirement (English) comes from English attire, from Middle English atyren, from Old French atirier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési — day.
attirement (English): attire; adornment
Definitions
- attire; adornment
Ancestry of “attirement”, step by step
attirement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attire | One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | atyren | — |
| 3 | Old French | atirier | to arrange; to put into order; to equip; to... |
| 4 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 5 | Latin | herī | yesterday |
| 6 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |