Etymology

raiment

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Today it means: Clothing, garments, dress, material. Full definition →

Middle English arayment ← Anglo-Norman arraiement ← Old French areement
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromareement
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromarraiement
  3. Middle English · inherited fromarayment
  4. English todayraiment

Aphetized from Middle English arayment, borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array.

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