Etymology

vestiment

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Today it means: Clothing, clothes, especially ecclesiastical. Full definition →

Latin vestīmentum
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  1. Latin · derived fromvestīmentum
  2. English todayvestiment

A variant of vestment influenced by its etymon Latin vestīmentum (from vestiō (“to clothe”)).

Words from the same roots

Latinvestīmentum all →

vestment

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