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Where does “pantaloons” come from?

Pantaloons comes from French pantalon, from Italian Pantaleone, a character in Venetian comedy whose name became associated with tight breeches.

pantaloons (English): An article of clothing covering each leg...

Definitions

  1. An article of clothing covering each leg...

Ancestry of “pantaloons”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpantaloonAn aging buffoon; Trousers reminiscent of the...
2Frenchpantalontrousers , pants; knickers
3ItalianPantalone—
4Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων—
5Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
6Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
7Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “pantaloons”

  • pants
  • panties
  • sweatpants
  • panty
  • pantyhose
  • hotpants
  • pantyless
  • pantsless
  • pantied
  • pantyhosed
  • windpants
  • depants
  • pantyliner
  • pisspants
  • rainpants
  • jogpants
  • unpantied
  • pants
  • panty
  • 胖次
  • パンティー
  • パンツ
  • panty
  • 빤쯔
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