Where does “vest” come from?
vest (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish vest, from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
vest (Norwegian Bokmål): west; a waistcoat
Ancestry of “vest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | vest | the west; toward the west, westwards; A vest |
| 2 | French | veste | jacket |
| 3 | Italian | veste | dress; clothes; appearance, capacity |
| 4 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | — |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
Words derived from “vest”