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Where does “травести” come from?

травести (Russian) 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.

травести (Russian): travesti role; job of an actress playing a...

Definitions

  1. travesti role; job of an actress playing a...

Ancestry of “травести”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtravestitransvestite; past participle of travestir
2Italiantravestireto disguise; to dress up
3Italianvestireto dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes
4Latinvestīre—
5Latinvestiō—
6Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
7Latinlīnea—
8Latinlīnum—
9Proto-Italiclīnom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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