Skirt
/skɜːrt/noun
A garment hanging from the waist; also the edge or outer part of something.
Did you know?The English word *skirt* is historically related to words for a split or division, and its older forms were used for the lower part or edge of a garment long before it became a fashion term.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to cut, split”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skurtjō
“a short garment or cut piece of clothing”
Old Norse
ON
skyrta
“shirt, tunic”
Middle English
ME
skirt
“lower part of a garment; edge, border”
Modern English
English
skirt
“a garment hanging from the waist; the outer edge of something”