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Where does “vestimentary” come from?

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

vestimentary (English): Of or pertaining to clothing

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to clothing

Ancestry of “vestimentary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvestimentClothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical
2EnglishvestmentA robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn...
3Old Frenchvestementclothing; clothes
4Latinvestīmentum—
5Latinvestiō—
6Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
7Latinlīnea—
8Latinlīnum—
9Proto-Italiclīnom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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