Etymology

travest

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Today it means: To travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean. Full definition →

First used 17th c.French travestir ← Italian travestire
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The story

  1. Italian · derived fromtravestire
  2. French · borrowed fromtravestir
  3. English todaytravest

From French travestir, from Italian travestire.

Words from the same roots

Italiantravestire all →

travesty

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. To travesty; to disguise; to parody; to demean.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.