chemise

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱam-“cover, clothes”
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hamiþi“shirt”
3. Late Latin · derived fromcamisa
4. Old French · derived fromchemise
5. French · borrowed fromchemise
6. English todaychemise

From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”). Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.