Camicia etymology

Italian

Italian word camicia comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-, Proto-Indo-European *ḱam-, and later Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (Shirt.)

Etymology of camicia

Detailed word origin of camicia

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*ḱem- Proto-Indo-European (ine) hornless
*ḱam- Proto-Indo-European (ine) cover, shroud, clothes, cover, clothes , part of a harness
*hamiþiją Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Shirt.
*hamithja Frankish (frk)
camisia Late Latin (LL)
camicia Italian (it) A shirt, a dress shirt.

Words with the same origin as camicia

Descendants of *ḱam-

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