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Where does “vestement” come from?

vestement (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): clothing; clothes

Definitions

  1. clothing; clothes

Ancestry of “vestement”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vestement”

  • vestments
  • vestment
  • vestimentary
  • vestiment
  • vestmental
  • vêtement
  • sous-vêtement
  • vestement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →