dressmaking

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dīs-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós

Proto-Italic *rektos

Latin rēctus

Latin dīrēctus

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Latin -iāre

Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre

Old French drecierbor.

Middle English dressen

English dress

English making

English dressmaking

From dress + making.

Noun

dressmaking (usually uncountable, plural dressmakings)

1. The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

Related terms

• dressmaker

Translations

the craft of making dresses

• Arabic: خِيَاطَة (ḵiyāṭa)
• Finnish: ompelu (fi)
• French: couture (fr) f
• Irish: gúnadóireacht f
• Italian: sartoria (it) f
• Japanese: 仕立て (ja) (したて, shitate)
• Persian: خیاطی (fa) (xayyâti)