Travesty

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mid 17th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘dressed to appear ridiculous’): from French travesti ‘disguised’, past participle of travestir, from Italian travestire, from trans- ‘across’ + vestire ‘clothe’.

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From French travesti(“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir(“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire(“to dress up, disguise”), from tra-(“across”) +‎ vestire(“to dress”), from Latin vestiō(“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis(“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis(“dressing”) from verbal root *wes-(“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of transvest.

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travesty (n.)

1670s, "literary burlesque of a serious work," from adjective meaning "dressed so as to be made ridiculous, parodied, burlesqued" (1660s), from French travesti "dressed in disguise," past participle of travestir "to disguise" (1590s), from Italian travestire "to disguise," from Latin trans "across, beyond; over" (see trans-) + vestire "to clothe" (from PIE *wes- (2) "to clothe," extended form of root *eu- "to dress").