Where does “chemise” come from?

Chemise comes from French chemise, from Latin camisia, a garment worn as an undertunic or shirt.

chemise (English): A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for...

Definitions

  1. A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for...

Ancestry of “chemise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchemiseshirt; folder; chemise
2Latincamisiashirt; nightgown; alb
3Proto-West Germanic*hamiþishirt
4Proto-Germanichamōshape, physical form
5Proto-Germanichamôcover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless

Words derived from “chemise

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