Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “vestural” come from?

vestural (English) comes from English vesture, from Old French vesteüre, from Latin vestitura, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.

vestural (English): Of or relating to vesture, or clothing

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to vesture, or clothing

Ancestry of “vestural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvestureA covering of, or like, clothing; To clothe
2Old FrenchvesteüreAlternative form of vesteure
3Latinvestituravestments; clothing
4Latinvestiō—
5Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
6Latinlīnea—
7Latinlīnum—
8Proto-Italiclīnom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →