The story
- Old French · derived fromdesvestir
- Middle French · derived fromdevester“strip of possessions”
- English todaydivest
Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Frenchdevester all →
devest
Old Frenchdesvestir all →
devest
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.