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Where does “bikini jeans” come from?

bikini jeans (English) comes from English Jeans, from English jean fustian, from Middle English fustian, from Old French fustaine, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, from Latin fustis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

bikini jeans (English): jeans that incorporate the appearance of bikini...

Definitions

  1. jeans that incorporate the appearance of bikini...

Ancestry of “bikini jeans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJeansplural of Jean
2Englishjean fustian—
3Middle Englishfustianstrong cotton fabric
4Old Frenchfustaine—
5Medieval Latinfustaneum—
6Latinfustisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
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