Where does “dalmatic” come from?

dalmatic (English) comes from Middle French dalmatique, from Ecclesiastical Latin dalmatica, from Latin dalmaticus — Dalmatian.

dalmatic (English): A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a...

Definitions

  1. A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a...

Ancestry of “dalmatic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdalmatique—
2Ecclesiastical Latindalmatica—
3LatindalmaticusDalmatian
Every word from Latin dalmaticus →Every word from Ecclesiastical Latin dalmatica →Every word from Middle French dalmatique →