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Where does “depants” come from?

depants (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.

depants (English): To remove the trousers from , often by force or...

Definitions

  1. To remove the trousers from , often by force or...

Ancestry of “depants”, 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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