Etymology

battledress

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Today it means: A form of military uniform. Full definition →

English dress ← Middle English dressen ← Old French drecier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindīs-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  14. Proto-Italic*rektos
  15. Latinrēctus
  16. Latindīrēctus
  17. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  18. Old Frenchdrecier
  19. Middle Englishdressen
  20. Englishdress
  21. English todaybattledress

From battle + dress.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.