Where does “lingerie” come from?
Lingerie comes from French lingerie, from Old French linge meaning linen cloth, from Latin linum meaning flax or linen, from Proto-Indo-European līno-.
lingerie (English): Women's underwear or nightclothes, now especially...
Definitions
- Women's underwear or nightclothes, now especially...
Ancestry of “lingerie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lingerie | linen room; lingerie |
| 2 | French | -erie | denoting a shop selling a certain product;... |
| 3 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |