Where does “vestment” come from?

Vestment comes from Old French vestement, from Latin vestimentum, a noun formed with the suffix -mentum from vestis meaning garment, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wes- meaning to clothe.

vestment (English): A robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn...

Definitions

  1. A robe, gown, or other article of clothing worn...

Ancestry of “vestment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvestementclothing; clothes
2Latinvestīmentumgarment, robe, article of clothing
3Latinvestiōto clothe, dress
4Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “vestment”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →