Etymology

cilice

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Today it means: A garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair worn close to the skin used by members of various Christian traditions as a self-imposed means of penance (repentance) and mortification of the flesh. Full definition →

French cilice ← Latin cilicium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcilicium“clothing made of goatskin”
  2. French · borrowed fromcilice
  3. English todaycilice

From French cilice, from Latin cilicium (“clothing made of goatskin”), from Cilicia where it originates from.

Words from the same roots

Latincilicium all →

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