Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “vestement” come from?

vestement (Middle French) comes from Old French vestement, from Latin vestīmentum, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

vestement (Middle French): clothing; clothes

Definitions

  1. clothing; clothes

Ancestry of “vestement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvestementclothing; clothes
2Latinvestīmentum—
3Latinvestiō—
4Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
5Latinlīnea—
6Latinlīnum—
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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