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Where does “sous-vêtement” come from?

sous-vêtement (French) comes from French vêtement, from Old French vestement, from Latin vestīmentum, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.

sous-vêtement (French): undergarment, piece of underwear

Definitions

  1. undergarment, piece of underwear

Ancestry of “sous-vêtement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvêtementgarment, item of clothing; clothes, clothing
2Old Frenchvestementclothing; clothes
3Latinvestīmentum—
4Latinvestiō—
5Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
6Latinlīnea—
7Latinlīnum—
8Proto-Italiclīnom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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