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Latin

camisia

[kaˈmɪ.si.a] · noun

Meaning

  1. shirt
  2. nightgown
  3. alb

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“cover, clothes”). First attested in the writings of Jerome.

  1. *ḱem-(ine-pro)
  2. *hamiþi(gmw-pro)
  3. camisia (Latin)
  4. Relations: bor, der

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