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