Frombe- +clothe, perhaps continuingMiddle English*beclothen,*beclathen,*beclethen (suggested byMiddle Englishbycladde(“dressed, clad”)), fromOld English*beclǣþan,*beclāþian(“to put on clothing, clothe about”), fromProto-West Germanic*biklaiþijan,*biklaiþōn(“to clothe about”). CompareSaterland Frisianbekloodje(“to beclothe”),West Frisianbeklaaie(“to beclothe”),Dutchbekleden(“to beclothe”),German Low Germanbekleden(“to beclothe”),Germanbekleiden(“to beclothe”),Danishbeklæde(“to beclothe”),Swedishbekläda(“to beclothe”).
beclothe (third-person singular simple presentbeclothes,present participlebeclothing,simple past and past participlebeclothed)