camisia

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish camisia, perhaps originally loaned from a Germanic language, given Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (clothes, shirt, skirt), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (cover, clothes).

Possible cognate with Old High German hemidi (shirt) (German Hemd), Old English hemeþe (shirt), ham (undergarment), hama (covering, dress, garment). More at hame.

Noun

camisia f (genitive camisiae); first declension

  1. shirt
  2. nightgown
  3. alb

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative camisia camisiae
Genitive camisiae camisiārum
Dative camisiae camisiīs
Accusative camisiam camisiās
Ablative camisiā camisiīs
Vocative camisia camisiae

Descendants

References

  • camisia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • camisia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • camisia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • camisia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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