Where does “vesti” come from?
vesti (Esperanto) comes from French vêtir, from Middle French vestir, from Old French vestir, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
vesti (Esperanto): To clothe; To dress
Definitions
- To clothe; To dress
Ancestry of “vesti”, step by step
vesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French vêtir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vêtir | to dress, to clothe; to dress, get dressed |
| 2 | Middle French | vestir | to dress |
| 3 | Old French | vestir | to dress; to clothe |
| 4 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 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 |