Where does “vestrywoman” come from?
vestrywoman (English) comes from English vestry, from Old French vesterie, from Old French vestiaire, from Latin vestiarium, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
vestrywoman (English): female vestryman
Definitions
- female vestryman
Ancestry of “vestrywoman”, step by step
vestrywoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vestry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vestry | A room in a church where the clergy put on their... |
| 2 | Old French | vesterie | — |
| 3 | Old French | vestiaire | room for vestments, dressing room |
| 4 | Latin | vestiarium | wardrobe |
| 5 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |