Where does “șemizetă” come from?
șemizetă (Romanian) comes from French chemisette, from French chemise, from Latin camisia, from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from Proto-Germanic hamō, from Proto-Germanic hamô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱem- — to cover, conceal; hornless.
șemizetă (Romanian): chemisette
Definitions
- chemisette
Ancestry of “șemizetă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chemisette | short-sleeved shirt/blouse |
| 2 | French | chemise | shirt; folder; chemise |
| 3 | Latin | camisia | shirt; nightgown; alb |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hamiþi | shirt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hamō | shape, physical form |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hamô | cover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |