LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

camisia

camisia f (genitive camisiae)
Classical[kaˈmɪ.si.a]Ecclesiastical[kaˈmiː.s̬i.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfeminineshirt
  2. Late Latinfemininenightgown
  3. Late Latinfemininealb

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecamisiacamisiae
genitivecamisiaecamisiārum
dativecamisiaecamisiīs
accusativecamisiamcamisiās
ablativecamisiācamisiīs
vocativecamisiacamisiae

camĭsĭa, ae, f. Gallic; whence Ital. camicia, Fr. chemise,
I. a linen shirt or night-gown: camisias vocari, quod in his dormimus in camis id est stratis nostris, Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 29; cf. id. ib. 19, 21, 1; Hier. Ep. Vest. Mul. 64, n. 11; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. supparus, p. 310 Müll.

Origins

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“cover, clothes”). First attested in the writings of Jerome.

Old Occitan
  • Occitancamisa
  • Occitanchamisa
  • Catalancamisafrom Old Catalan camisa
Elsewhere
  • Frenchchemisefrom Old French chemise
  • Sardiniancamigia
  • Sardiniancamisa
  • Franco-Provençalchemise
  • Champenoischemingefrom Old French chemise
  • Champenoischeminzefrom Old French chemise
  • Franc-Comtoistchemisefrom Old French chemise
  • Gallochminzzfrom Old French chemise
  • Normanqueminsefrom Old French chemise
  • Normanqu'minsefrom Old French chemise
West Iberian
  • Portuguesecamisafrom Old Galician-Portuguese camisa
  • Spanishcamisafrom Old Spanish camisa
  • Extremadurancamisa
  • Aragonesecamisa
  • Asturiancamisa
  • Leonesecamisa
  • Mirandesecamisa
  • Falacamisafrom Old Galician-Portuguese camisa
  • Falacamishafrom Old Galician-Portuguese camisa
  • Galiciancamisafrom Old Galician-Portuguese camisa
Eastern Romance
  • Romaniancămașă
  • Aromaniancãmeashã
  • Aromaniancãmeashi
  • Aromaniancãmeashe
  • Aromaniancãmiashe
  • Megleno-Romaniancămeașă
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancamicia
  • Corsicancamisgia
  • Corsicancamigia
  • Corsicancamicia
  • Dalmatiancamaisa
  • Tarantinocammisafrom Neapolitan càmmese
  • Siciliancammisa
Gallo-Italic
  • Emiliancamîṡa
  • Liguriancamîxa
  • Lombardcamisa
  • Piedmontesecamisa
  • Romagnolcamisa
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliancjamese
  • Ladinciameija
  • Romanshchamischa

In English words that came into English from camisia

  • camisatedcamisia
  • camisiacamisia

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCamisiaCamisia whence French chemise, a linen shirt worn next to the skin, is first mentioned in the fourth century by St. Jerome (Ep. 64, n. 11), from whom …

Quick answers

What does camisia mean in Latin?
camisia, a noun, means “shirt; nightgown; alb”.
What is the genitive of camisia?
The genitive singular is camisiae. camisia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce camisia?
In classical Latin, [kaˈmɪ.si.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈmiː.s̬i.a].