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
Ancestry of “dévêtir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | desvestir | to undress; to get undressed |
| 2 | Old French | vestir | to dress; to clothe |
| 3 | Latin | vestiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |