The corpus record — Latin

camisia

camisia · f

a linen shirt

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Where it lives

Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

1. camĭsĭa — Lewis & Short

camĭsĭa, ae, f.Gallic; whence Ital. camicia, Fr. chemise,

I a linen shirt or night-gown: camisias vocari, quod in his dormimus in camis id est stratis nostris, Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 29; cf. id. ib. 19, 21, 1; Hier. Ep. Vest. Mul. 64, n. 11; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. supparus, p. 310 Müll.

2. camisia — Walde–Hofmann

camisia (camisa Ven. Fort. al.), -ae f. „leinener, unmittelbar am Körper getragener Überwurf mit engen Ärmeln, Hemd, Kleidungsstück der Soldaten und Priester“ (seit Hier, rom.; sekundär 1m Gallorom. -i- wie in -ieula für -ieula, Gamillscheg 215): wrsch. durch die rom. Soldaten aus dem Gallischen entlehnt, das es seinerseits trotz Johansson BB. 18, 12 wohl aus dem German. (*kamitja-?) hat, da hier die Sippe allein … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. camisia, p. 179]

In the wild

camisia Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2.10.p9

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. camisia (scan p. 114; entry #1626).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. camisia (scan pp. 179-180; entry #532). Root candidates: *hamipia-, *hamisa-, *kem-.

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