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
Ancestry of “Travestie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | travesty | An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation; A... |
| 2 | French | travestir | to disguise; to dress up; to travesty , distort |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 8 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 9 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
Words derived from “Travestie”