vestimienta

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• vestimient (apocopic form)

Etymology

From Latin vestīmenta, plural of vestīmentum (“garment, robe”), from vestiō (“I clothe”). Compare Old French vestement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βestiˈmjenta/

Noun

vestimienta f (plural vestimientas)

1. clothes, clothing, garments
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 46r:

     e depues ueno ſaul. ⁊ enop. e p̃ſo eſtos ſacerdotes e mato dent .Lxxx. ⁊ .v. reueſtidos de ſac̃dotal ueſtimienta

     And then came Saul to Nob. And he took these priests and killed therein eighty-five men dressed in the priestly garments.

Synonyms

• vestido m, vestidura f

Descendants

• Ladino: vestimienta
• Spanish: vestimenta