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Where does “habiliment” come from?

habiliment (English) comes from Middle English habilement, from Old French habillement — clothes.

habiliment (English): Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for...

Definitions

  1. Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for...

Ancestry of “habiliment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhabilement—
2Old Frenchhabillementclothes

Words derived from “habiliment”

  • habilimented
Every word from Old French habillement →