Chemise Definition
A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
Other Word Forms of Chemise
Noun
Origin of Chemise
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman chemés (“shirt”), Old French chainse, chamisae (“linen clothes, undergarment”), from Latin camisa, camisia (“shirt, undergarment, nightgown”), from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”). Cognate with Old High German hemidi (German Hemd, “shirt”), Old English hemeþe (“shirt”), ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). More at hame.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French shirt from Late Latin camisia probably ultimately (perhaps via Gaulish) of Germanic origin; akin to German Hemd shirt
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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