camisia

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish camisia, perhaps originally loaned from a Germanic language, given Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).

Possible cognate with Old High German hemidi (“shirt”) (German Hemd), Old English hemeþe (“shirt”), ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). More at hame.

Noun

camisia f (genitive camisiae); first declension

shirt
nightgown
alb

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	camisia	camisiae
Genitive	camisiae	camisiārum
Dative	camisiae	camisiīs
Accusative	camisiam	camisiās
Ablative	camisiā	camisiīs
Vocative	camisia	camisiae

Descendants

descendants

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Albanian: këmish
Arabic: قَمِيص‎ (qamīṣ)
- Assamese: কামিজ (kamiz)
- Bengali: কামিজ (kamij)
- Hindi: क़मीज़ (qamīz)
- Marathi: कमीज (kamīj)
- Nepali: कमीज् (kamīj)
- Urdu: قمیض‎ (qamīz)
Aromanian: cãmeashã, cãmeashi
Corsican: camisgia, camigia, camicia
Dalmatian: camaisa
Emilian: camîṡa
Franco-Provençal: chemise
Friulian: cjamese
Ladin: ciameija
Lombard: camiisa, camisa
Megleno-Romanian: cămeáșă
Mozarabic: [script needed] (camícha), [script needed] (camíja)
Neapolitan: càmmese
Old French: chemise, cemise
- Gallo: chminzz
- Middle French:
  - French: chemise
    - Antillean Creole: chimiz
    - English: chemise, shimmy
    - Esperanto: ĉemizo
    - Guianese Creole: chimiz
    - Karipúna Creole French: ximiz
    - Louisiana Creole French: chimiz, chimij, chmiz, chimiy, chmij
    - Neapolitan: scemisse
    - Seychellois Creole: simiz, cemiz
    - Vietnamese: sơ-mi
- Norman: queminse (continental Normandy), qu'minse, ch'minse (Guernsey), c'mînse (Jersey)
- Walloon: tchimijhe

Italian: camicia
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: camisa
- Leonese: camisa
Old Portuguese: camisa
- Fala: camisa
- Galician: camisa
- Portuguese: camisa
  - Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamisa
  - Kabuverdianu: kamisa, kamiza
  - Korlai Creole Portuguese: kamidz
  - Kristang: kameza
  - Principense: kamiza
  - Sãotomense: kaminza
  - Tetum: kamiza
Old Occitan:
- Occitan: camisa, chamisa
- Old Catalan: camisa
  - Catalan: camisa
Old Spanish: camisa
- Extremaduran: camisa
- Ladino: kamiza
- Spanish: camisa
  - Chavacano: kamisa
  - Papiamentu: camisa
Piedmontese: camisa
Romagnol: camisa
Romanian: cămașă
Romansch: chamischa
Sabir: camicia
Sardinian: camigia, camisa
Sicilian: cammisa
Tarantino: cammisa
Venetian: camixa

References

camisia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
camisia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
camisia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
camisia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin