Where does “travestire” come from?

travestire (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.

travestire (Italian): to disguise; to dress up

Definitions

  1. to disguise; to dress up

Ancestry of “travestire”, step by step

travestire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vestire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvestireto dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes
2Latinvestīre—
3Latinvestiōto clothe, dress
4Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Italian tra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrabetween; among; in
2Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
3Latininterus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “travestire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →