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Where does “vestiment” come from?

vestiment (English) comes from English vestment, from Old French vestement, from Latin vestīmentum, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.

vestiment (English): Clothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical

Definitions

  1. Clothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical

Ancestry of “vestiment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvestmentA robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn...
2Old Frenchvestementclothing; clothes
3Latinvestīmentum—
4Latinvestiō—
5Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
6Latinlīnea—
7Latinlīnum—
8Proto-Italiclīnom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “vestiment”

  • vestimentary
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