travesty

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wéstis“dressing”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*westis“clothing”
3. Latin · derived fromvestiō“to clothe, dress”
4. Italian · derived fromtravestire“to dress up, disguise”
5. French · derived fromtravesti“disguised, burlesqued”
6. English todaytravesty

From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.

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