The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wéstis
- Latin · derived fromvestis“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”
- French · derived fromveste“a vest, jacket”
- English todayvest
Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*wéstis all →
travesty
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.