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Where does “bitchy-pants” come from?

bitchy-pants (English) comes from English pants, from English pantaloons, from English pantaloon, from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, from Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεέω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

bitchy-pants (English): An irritable or habitually unpleasant person

Definitions

  1. An irritable or habitually unpleasant person

Ancestry of “bitchy-pants”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpantsAn outer garment that covers the body from the...
2EnglishpantaloonsAn article of clothing covering each leg...
3EnglishpantaloonAn aging buffoon; Trousers reminiscent of the...
4Frenchpantalontrousers , pants; knickers
5ItalianPantalone—
6Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων—
7Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
8Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
9Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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