Where does “shirtwaisted” come from?

shirtwaisted (English) comes from English ED, from Japanese エンディング, from English ending, from Middle English ending, from Middle English endyng, from Old English endung, from Old English endian, from Proto-Germanic andijōną — on, onto.

shirtwaisted (English): Wearing a shirtwaist

Definitions

  1. Wearing a shirtwaist

Ancestry of “shirtwaisted”, step by step

shirtwaisted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ED

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEDInitialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of...
2Japaneseエンディングending, especially of a broadcast or performance
3EnglishendingA termination or conclusion; The last part of...
4Middle EnglishendingAlternative form of endyng
5Middle EnglishendyngAn ending, termination, or conclusion;...
6Old Englishendungending
7Old Englishendianto end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to...
8Proto-Germanicandijōnąto end, bring to an end, finish
9Proto-Germanicandijazend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English shirtwaist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshirtwaistA woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the...
2EnglishwaistThe part of the body between the pelvis and the...
3Middle EnglishwastSecond-person singular past indicative form of...
4Latinvāstitāswaste (empty place), desert
5Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos