Where does “fashionwear” come from?
fashionwear (English) comes from English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
fashionwear (English): fashionable clothing
Definitions
- fashionable clothing
Ancestry of “fashionwear”, step by step
fashionwear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fashion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fashion | A current trend, favored for frivolous rather... |
| 2 | Middle English | facioun | The way something looks or appears; physical... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | fechoun | — |
| 4 | Old French | façon | way; manner; fashion |
| 5 | Latin | factiō | a political faction, a group of people acting together |
| 6 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English Wear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wear | The cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks |
| 2 | Middle English | weren | Plural past indicative form of been; Plural... |
| 3 | Old English | werian | to wear; to defend, protect |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |