Etymology

coatdress

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Today it means: A dress that resembles a coat, usually having a buttoning front Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*kuttô
  2. Latincotta
  3. Old Frenchcotte
  4. Middle Englishcote
  5. Englishcoat
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindīs-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  13. Proto-Italic*rektos
  14. Latinrēctus
  15. Latindīrēctus
  16. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  17. Old Frenchdrecier
  18. Middle Englishdressen
  19. Englishdress
  20. English todaycoatdress

From coat + dress.

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