chemise
5 synonyms for chemise, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A loose, shirt-like piece of underwear, worn mainly by women.
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Etymology
From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“...
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