Where does “travestido” come from?

travestido (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese travestir, from French travestir, from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea — flax.

travestido (Portuguese): }} disguised; in disguise

Definitions

  1. }} disguised; in disguise

Ancestry of “travestido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetravestirto dress up in drag; to disguise, masquerade
2Frenchtravestirto disguise
3Italiantravestireto disguise; to dress up
4Italianvestireto dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes
5Latinvestīre—
6Latinvestiōto clothe, dress
7Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
8LatinlīneaA linen thread
9Latinlīnumflax
10Proto-Italiclīnom—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →