Etymology of the English word waistcoat
the English word
waistcoatderived from the English word
coatderived from the Old French word
cotederived from the Medieval Latin word
quotausing the Latin suffix
-tus (past participle suffix)
derived from the Latin word
quotus (having what position in a numerical series?, bearing what proportion to; what number of?; how many?; what ever number of)
derived from the Latin word
quot (how many; of what number; as many)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷo-derived from the English word
cotederived from the English word
waistderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*aug-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wahs-tu-Derivations in English
waistcoating,
weskitUsage
Word found in Modern English
