Where does “traveco” come from?
traveco (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese travesti, from French travesti, from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea — flax.
traveco (Portuguese): cross-dresser
Definitions
- cross-dresser
Ancestry of “traveco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | travesti | transvestite; cross-dresser |
| 2 | French | travesti | transvestite; past participle of travestir |
| 3 | Italian | travestire | to disguise; to dress up |
| 4 | Italian | vestire | to dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes |
| 5 | Latin | vestīre | — |
| 6 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 7 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 8 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 9 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |