chemise
English
/ʃəˈmiːz/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A loose shirt-like undergarment, especially for women.
- A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
- A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
- A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chemise inherited from Old English ċemes borrowed from chemés (shirt) borrowed from Old French chainse derived from Latin camisa derived from Frankish *chamithia derived from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (shirt, skirt, clothes, tunic) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (cover, clothes, part of a harness).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱam-
Gloss
cover, clothes, part of a harness
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chemised English
- camisa Latin
- camisia Latin
- Baumwollhemd German
- Braunhemd German
- Hemd German
- Hemdknopf German
- Kettenhemd German
- Leinenhemd German
- Nachthemd German
- Seidenhemd German
- Totenhemd German
- Unterhemd German
- camicia Italian
- chemise French
- chemiser French
- chemiserie French
- chemisette French
- *ḱam- Proto-Indo-European
- *hamiþiją Proto-Germanic
- *hamô Proto-Germanic
- シュミーズ Japanese
- hemeþe Old English
- ċemes Old English
- chemise Middle English
- chainse Old French
- chemise Old French
- ĉemizo Esperanto
- سموت Persian
- hemidi Old High German
- kamizo Ido
- sơ-mi Vietnamese
- hemde Middle High German
- hemede Middle High German
- 𐌰𐍆𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌽 Gothic
- *hamiþī gmw-pro
- *hemithi Old Dutch
- hemithi Old Saxon
- *chamithia Frankish
- chemés xno
- Hemb Central Franconian
- Himb Central Franconian
- semiz Mauritian Creole
- camisia Gaulish
- semiz Seychellois Creole
- hymda Silesian
- chimiz Antillean Creole