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vestment

/ˈvestment/VEST-ment
/ˈvɛstmɛnt/VEST-ment

Meaningto clothe

Common meaning: a ceremonial robe

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAS‘clothe, to put on clothes’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 362, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinvestire‘to clothe’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftsto clothe → clothingvestimentum‘clothing’source
  4. Old Frenchvestementsource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsclothing → a ceremonial robevestment‘a ceremonial robe’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vestire ‘to clothe’.

Roots

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