| 1 | Middle English | hose | Stockings or tights; pants, trousers; hose;... |
| 2 | Old English | hose | pant leg, stocking; pants, trousers; hose |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hosā | outer cover, shell; leggings, trousers |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | husǭ | An outer covering; hull; shell; husk; case;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |