Humanities › History & Culture Latin-Based Words for Clothing with English Translation Share Flipboard Email Print History & Culture Ancient History and Culture Ancient Languages Figures & Events Greece Egypt Asia Rome Mythology & Religion American History African American History African History Asian History European History Genealogy Inventions Latin American History Medieval & Renaissance History Military History The 20th Century Women's History View More By N.S. Gill Ancient History and Latin Expert M.A., Linguistics, University of Minnesota B.A., Latin, University of Minnesota N.S. Gill is a Latinist, writer, and teacher of ancient history and Latin. She has been featured by NPR and National Geographic for her ancient history expertise. our editorial process N.S. Gill Updated March 23, 2019 English has a lot of words of Latin origin. In fact, 60 percent of the English language comes from Latin. Some of the Latin words (nouns) for clothing are as follows: amictus, -us m. mantle, cloakanulus, -i m. a finger-ringarmilla, -ae f. a braceletbalteus, -i m. beltbracae, -arum f. pl. breechescalceus, -i m. a shoecaliga, -ae f. a boot for a soldiercingulus, - i m. a beltcrepida, -ae f. a sandallana, -ae f. woollinteum, -i n. linen (it also means napkin)ornamentum, - i n. an ornamentpaenula, -ae f. traveling cloak, rain cloakpalla, -ae f. robepallium, -i n. cloakpannus, -i m. a clothpileus/pilleus, -i m. a hatstola, -ae f. a stoletoga, -ae f. togatorques, -is f. a neck chaintrabea, -ae f. a robe of statetunica, -ae f. tunicvelum, -i n. a veilvestimentum, -i n. a garmentvestis, -is f. a dressvestitus, -us m. clothingvitta, -ae f. a headband