SHIRT , an undergarment of See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and See also:

• FLANNEL

flannel for the upper See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• BODY

body, usually only applied to such a garment when worn by men, though the See also:

• TERM

term is becoming See also:

• COMMON

common as used of a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• BLOUSE

blouse worn by See also:

• WOMEN

women, the See also:

• AMERICAN

American " shirt-See also:

• WAIST

waist." The word is apparently Scandinavian in origin and is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Icel. skyrte, See also:

• DAN

Dan. skiorte, properly a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short garment, and is derived from the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root skar—to cut off; it is cognate with Ger . See also:

• SCHURZ, CARL (1829–1906)

Schurz, See also:

• APRON (a corruption arising from a wrong division of " a napron " into " an apron," from the Fr. naperon, napperon, a diminutive of nappe, Lat. mappa, a napkin)

apron, and the same root is seen in " short," " shear " and " skirt "; the last word is now used of that part of a woman's garment which reaches from the waist to the feet, but properly means the See also:

• LOWER

lower part of the shirt, hence, edge, border of anything .