Etymology

vesture

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Today it means: A covering of, or like, clothing. Full definition →

Middle English vesture ← Old French vesteüre ← Vulgar Latin vestītūra
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvestītus
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromvestītūra“clothing”
  3. Old French · derived fromvesteüre
  4. Middle English · inherited fromvesture
  5. English todayvesture

From Middle English vesture (noun) and vesturen (verb), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French vesteüre, from Vulgar Latin vestītūra (“clothing”), from Latin vestītus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe”), from vestis (“garment”).

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