Where does “travesti” come from?
travesti (French) comes from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
travesti (French): transvestite; past participle of travestir
Definitions
- transvestite; past participle of travestir
Ancestry of “travesti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | travestire | to disguise; to dress up |
| 2 | Italian | vestire | to dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes |
| 3 | Latin | vestīre | — |
| 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 |