Etymology of the English word layette
the English word
layettederived from the Old French word
layettederived from the Old French word
laiederived from the Middle Dutch word
laegederived from the Middle Dutch word
laeyederived from the French word
literallyderived from the French word
culderived from the Latin word
culus (buttocks; posterior; anus)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
bonus (good; good, honest, brave; good, moral, honest)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deu-derived from the Medieval Latin word
canopeumderived from the Greek word
konopeion, κωνωπεῖον
derived from the Greek word
konops, κώνωψ (a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis))
derived from the Old French word
laiederived from the Middle Dutch word
laegederived from the Middle Dutch word
laeyeDate
The earliest known usage of layette in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
