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Where does “vestiary” come from?

vestiary (English) comes from Old French vestiarie, from Latin vestiarium, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

vestiary (English): A dressing room or storeroom for clothes,...

Definitions

  1. A dressing room or storeroom for clothes,...

Ancestry of “vestiary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvestiarie—
2Latinvestiariumwardrobe
3Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
4Latinlīnea—
5Latinlīnum—
6Proto-Italiclīnom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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