Where does “pajamas” come from?
Pajamas derives from French pijama, which comes from Persian پاجامه.
pajamas (English): Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in,...
Definitions
- Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in,...
Ancestry of “pajamas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pyjamas | Britain standard spelling of pajamas |
| 2 | Urdu | پایجامه | — |
| 3 | Hindi | पैजामा | pajama |
| 4 | Classical Persian | پایجامه | — |
| 5 | Persian | پاجامه | leg garment |
| 6 | Persian | پا | leg, foot; with |
| 7 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎭 | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | pā́dah | foot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pā́ts | foot |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
Words derived from “pajamas”