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Where does “svestire” come from?

svestire (Italian) comes from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

svestire (Italian): to undress

Definitions

  1. to undress

Ancestry of “svestire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvestireto dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes
2Latinvestīre—
3Latinvestiō—
4Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
5Latinlīnea—
6Latinlīnum—
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →