Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat. · A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse. · A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team. · Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. · To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred. · To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor. · To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.
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This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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