Where does “Trousseau” come from?
Trousseau derives from French trousseau, from French trousse, from French trousser, from Old French trosser, from Latin tortus, the past participle of torquere meaning to twist or turn.
Ancestry of “Trousseau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | trousseau | bunch; trousseau |
| 2 | French | trousse | kit; pencil case; inflection of trousser:
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| 3 | Old French | trousse | pack; bunch, bundle |
| 4 | Latin | torsus | — |
| 5 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |