Etymology

undershirt

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Today it means: An undergarment worn beneath a shirt, often collarless and sleeveless. Full definition →

English shirt ← Middle English schirte ← Old English sċyrte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  13. Proto-Germanic*skertaną
  14. Proto-Germanic*skurtaz
  15. Proto-Germanic*skurtijǭ
  16. Proto-West Germanic*skurtijā
  17. Old Englishsċyrte
  18. Middle Englishschirte
  19. Englishshirt
  20. English todayundershirt

From under- + shirt.

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