Where does “militarywear” come from?

militarywear (English) comes from English Wear, from Middle English weren, from Old English werian, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

militarywear (English): Clothing to be worn in the military

Definitions

  1. Clothing to be worn in the military

Ancestry of “militarywear”, step by step

militarywear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Wear

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWearThe cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks
2Middle EnglishwerenPlural past indicative form of been; Plural...
3Old Englishwerianto wear; to defend, protect
4Proto-West Germanicwaʀjanto clothe
5Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via English military

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmilitaryCharacteristic of members of the armed forces;...
2Old Frenchmilitaire
3LatinmīlitārisOf a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial
4Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
5Latin-ālis
6Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-