Where does “travestier” come from?
travestier (English) comes from English travesty, from French travestir, from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea — flax.
travestier (English): One who makes a travesty of something
Definitions
- One who makes a travesty of something
Ancestry of “travestier”, step by step
travestier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English travesty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | travesty | An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation; A... |
| 2 | French | travestir | to disguise |
| 3 | Italian | travestire | to disguise; to dress up |
| 4 | Italian | vestire | to dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes |
| 5 | Latin | vestīre | — |
| 6 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 7 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 8 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 9 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |