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- Proto-Germanic*hamô
- Proto-West Germanic*hamō
- Proto-West Germanic*hamiþi
- Late Latincamisia
- Old Frenchchemise
- Frenchchemise
- Frenchchemisette
- English todaychemisette
Borrowed from French chemisette.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chemisette
Today it means: An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment. Full definition →
French chemisette ← Old French chemise ← Late Latin camisia