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Where does “travestija” come from?

travestija (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Travestie, from English travesty, from French travestir, from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis — flax.

travestija (Serbo-Croatian): travesty

Definitions

  1. travesty

Ancestry of “travestija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTravestietravesty
2EnglishtravestyAn absurd or grotesque misrepresentation; A...
3Frenchtravestirto disguise; to dress up; to travesty , distort
4Italiantravestireto disguise; to dress up
5Italianvestireto dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes
6Latinvestīre—
7Latinvestiō—
8Latinvestisgarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
9Latinlīnea—
10Latinlīnum—
11Proto-Italiclīnom—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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