Where does “bedrobe” come from?
bedrobe (English) comes from English bedroom, from English bed, from Middle English bed, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 — to fit, to fix, to put together.
bedrobe (English): A long garment worn in bed; A textile cover,...
Definitions
- A long garment worn in bed; A textile cover,...
Ancestry of “bedrobe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | bedroom | A room in a house where a bed is kept for... |
| 2 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 3 | Middle English | bed | — |
| 4 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 6 | Persian | بدی | — |
| 7 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |