| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | wes-2 |
| DEFINITION: | To clothe. Extension of eu-1. 1. Suffixed o-grade (causative) form *wos-eyo-. wear, from Old English werian, to wear, carry, from Germanic *wazjan. 2. Suffixed form *wes-ti-. vest; devest, invest, revet, travesty, from Latin vestis, garment. 3. Suffixed form *wes-nu-. himation, from Greek hennunai, to clothe, with nominal derivative heima, h ma (< *wes-m ), garment. (Pokorny 5.  es- 1172.) |
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