Where does “jeans” come from?

Jeans comes from Middle English Gene, from Old French Jannes, a fabric originally associated with the city of Genoa.

jeans (English): A pair of trousers made from denim cotton; plural...

Definitions

  1. A pair of trousers made from denim cotton; plural...

Ancestry of “jeans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjeanDenim
2Middle EnglishGeneGenoa; Genoa; Genovese
3Old FrenchJannesGenoway

Words derived from “jeans

Every word from Old French Jannes