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Where does “dévêtir” come from?

dévêtir (French) comes from Old French desvestir, from Old French vestir, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

dévêtir (French): to undress

Definitions

  1. to undress

Ancestry of “dévêtir”, step by step

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