Where does “chasuble” come from?
Chasuble comes from Middle English chesible, from Old French chesible, from Late Latin casubla, from Latin casula meaning a small house or hut, diminutive of cadere to fall.
chasuble (English): The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy...
Definitions
- The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy...
Ancestry of “chasuble”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | chesible | A chasuble or an analogous garment |
| 2 | Old French | chesible | — |
| 3 | Latin | casubla | — |
| 4 | Latin | casula | hut, small cottage; rural property, small farm;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |