The story
- Latin · derived fromre-
- Late Latin · derived fromrevestire“to clothe again”
- Old French · derived fromrevestiment
- French · borrowed fromrevêtement
- English todayrevetment
From French revêtement, from Old French revestiment, from revestir (French revêtir), from Late Latin revestire (“to clothe again”), from Latin re- + vestire (“to clothe”).
Words from the same roots
Late Latinrevestire all →
revest
Latinre- all →
recommendrefrainredressrecompenserepastrelentrenayremonstrateravelinre-retroussérevestrevigorate
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.