Where does “overtrousers” come from?
overtrousers (English) comes from English trousers, from English trouzes, from English trouse, from Irish triús, from Middle Irish triubus, from Old Irish trebus, from Old French trebus, from Late Latin tubrucus — to shine, shimmer.
overtrousers (English): Trousers to be worn over a similar inner garment
Definitions
- Trousers to be worn over a similar inner garment
Ancestry of “overtrousers”, step by step