English
layette
Layette comes from French layette ‘baby clothes, babywear’, from laie ‘box, coffer’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaþōreconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*lathareconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500lāde‘box’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600laie‘box’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘box, coffer’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlayette‘baby clothes, babywear’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaþōreconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*lathareconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500lāde‘box’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600laie‘box’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘box, coffer’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentlayette‘baby clothes, babywear’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō
Today it means
noun A complete set of clothing, bedding and toilet articles for a new baby.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hlaþō / layette