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habiliment

Meaningsuitable

Common meaning: clothing, especially for a particular purpose

Journey through time

  1. LatinAabilis‘suitable’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftssuitable → dress or equiphabiller‘dress or equip’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsdress or equip → clothing, especially for a particular purposehabiliment‘clothing, especially for a particular purpose’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin Aabilis ‘suitable’.

Roots

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