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Where does “disattire” come from?

disattire (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.

disattire (English): To undress

Definitions

  1. To undress

Ancestry of “disattire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattireOne's dress; what one wears; one's clothes; The...
2Middle Englishatyren—
3Old Frenchatirierto arrange; to put into order; to equip; to...
4Old Frenchieryesterday
5Latinherī—
6Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
7Proto-Italichezī—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
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