Etymology

vitrine

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Today it means: A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc. Full definition →

French vitrine ← Latin vitrum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvitrum“glass”
  2. French · borrowed fromvitrine
  3. English todayvitrine

Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Words from the same roots

Latinvitrum all →

vitragevitrellavitrescentvitrifacturevitriformvitrifyvitriteVitrolitevitrum

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