Etymograph

English

maillot

Maillot comes from French maillot ‘shirt, leotard’, from Old French maille ‘chainmail’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to wipe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*macla‘medieval spelling of macula’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400maille‘chainmail’
  7. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400mailloel
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentmaillot‘shirt, leotard’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to wipe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*macla‘medieval spelling of macula’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400maille‘chainmail’
  7. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400mailloel
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentmaillot‘shirt, leotard’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin macula ‘a spot, speck, small mark or stain’

mackerel, macchiato, mancha, macula, 9 more

through Old French maille ‘chainmail’

mailed, 1 more

Today it means

noun A one-piece swimsuit (for women).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smeH- / maillot

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