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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

  1. To clothe; To dress

Ancestry of “vesti”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vesti”

  • malvesti
  • vestis
  • vestado
  • transvesti
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