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Where does “malvesti” come from?

malvesti (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vesti, from French vêtir, from Middle French vestir, from Old French vestir, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.

malvesti (Esperanto): to undress, to remove clothing from; to take off

Definitions

  1. to undress, to remove clothing from; to take off

Ancestry of “malvesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantovestiTo clothe; To dress
2Frenchvêtirto dress, to clothe; to dress, get dressed
3Middle Frenchvestir—
4Old Frenchvestirto dress; to clothe
5Latinvestiō—
6Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
7Latinlīnea—
8Latinlīnum—
9Proto-Italiclīnom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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