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

Definitions

  1. west; a waistcoat

Ancestry of “vest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvestthe west; toward the west, westwards; A vest
2Frenchvestejacket
3Italianvestedress; clothes; appearance, capacity
4Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
5LatinlīneaA linen thread
6Latinlīnumflax
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “vest”

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