DALMATIC. An outer liturgical garment worn by a deacon at Mass and in solemn processions. It has wide short sleeves, reaches to the knees, and is open at the sides. It is of the same material and color as the vestments of the celebrant. It was introduced from Dalmatia (hence its name) to Rome as a secular garment in the reign of Diocletian.
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In the Novus Ordo, most deacons simply wear the alb with a stole worn 'deacon wise', rather than the Dalmaric,
There is no Dalmatic in the East. The Deacon vests in Sticharion and Orarion, with Epimanikia: cuffs bound with laces; for the deacon, they are worn under the sticharion.
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