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Where does “veste” come from?

veste (Italian) comes from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

veste (Italian): dress; clothes; appearance, capacity

Definitions

  1. dress; clothes; appearance, capacity

Ancestry of “veste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
2Latinlīnea—
3Latinlīnum—
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “veste”

  • vest
  • undervest
  • vestless
  • vestlike
  • vestee
  • vesteth
  • vest-pocket
  • stabvest
  • vestest
  • vestlet
  • sottoveste
  • vestaglia
  • vestaglietta
  • vesti
  • sopravveste
  • veston
  • veste
  • Weste
  • Rettungsweste
  • Sprengstoffweste
  • vesto
  • veŝto
  • veston
  • alivesti
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