LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vestiārium

vestiārium n (genitive vestiāriī or vestiārī)

Meaning

  1. wardrobe
  2. Medieval Latinvestry
  3. Medieval Latintreasury (of a church or monastery, or the papal court)
  4. Medieval Latinthe taxable estates handled by a church treasury
  5. Medieval Latinarchive

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevestiāriumvestiāria
genitivevestiāriī
vestiārī		vestiāriōrum
dativevestiāriōvestiāriīs
accusativevestiāriumvestiāria
ablativevestiāriōvestiāriīs
vocativevestiāriumvestiāria

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
  3. Proto-Italic*westis
  4. Latinvestiārium

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Latin vestiārium From vestis + -ārium.

Descendants
  • Byzantine Greekβεστιάριον

In English words that came into English from vestiārium

  • vestryvestiārium
  • vestiariumvestiārium
  • vestiaryvestiārium

Quick answers

What does vestiārium mean in Latin?
vestiārium, a noun, means “wardrobe; vestry; treasury (of a church or monastery, or the papal court)”.
What is the genitive of vestiārium?
The genitive singular is vestiāriī. vestiārium is neuter, second declension.
Where does vestiārium come from?
Proto-Indo-European *wes- → Proto-Indo-European *wéstis → Proto-Italic *westis → Latin vestiārium.
Which English words come from vestiārium?
English words that go back to Latin vestiārium include vestry, vestiarium and vestiary.