Where does “sweatshirt” come from?

Sweatshirt comes from English sweat and shirt, where shirt derives from Middle English sherten, from Proto-Germanic swait- meaning to sweat, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sweyd-.

sweatshirt (English): A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for...

Definitions

  1. A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for...

Ancestry of “sweatshirt”, step by step

sweatshirt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shirt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshirtAn article of clothing that is worn on the upper...
2Middle EnglishschirteAlternative form of sherte
3Old Englishsċyrtea short garment; skirt; kirtle
4Proto-West Germanicskurtijāskirt, apron
5Proto-Germanicskurtijǭskirt, apron

via English sweat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsweatFluid that exits the body through pores in the...
2Middle EnglishswetenTo make sweet, sweeten; To induce happiness; To...
3Old Englishswētanto sweeten

Words derived from “sweatshirt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skurtijǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skurtijā →Every word from Old English sċyrte →