Where does “Travestie” come from?
Travestie (German) comes from English travesty, from French travestir, from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea — flax.
Travestie (German): travesty
Definitions
- travesty
Ancestry of “Travestie”, step by step
Travestie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English travesty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | travesty | An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation; A... |
| 2 | French | travestir | to disguise |
| 3 | Italian | travestire | to disguise; to dress up |
| 4 | Italian | vestire | to dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes |
| 5 | Latin | vestīre | — |
| 6 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 7 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 8 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 9 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via French travesti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | travesti | transvestite; past participle of travestir |