Where does “pettipants” come from?
pettipants (English) comes from English pants, from English pantaloons, from English pantaloon, from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, from Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων, from Ancient Greek ἐλεέω — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
pettipants (English): A kind of women's lingerie resembling long...
Definitions
- A kind of women's lingerie resembling long...
Ancestry of “pettipants”, step by step
pettipants traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pants
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pants | An outer garment that covers the body from the... |
| 2 | English | pantaloons | An article of clothing covering each leg... |
| 3 | English | pantaloon | An aging buffoon; Trousers reminiscent of the... |
| 4 | French | pantalon | trousers UK, pants US |
| 5 | Italian | Pantalone | Pantaloon (Venetian theatrical character) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Παντελεήμων | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐλεήμων | pitiful, merciful |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐλεέω | I have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via English petticoat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | petticoat | A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men... |
| 2 | English | petty | Little, small, secondary in rank or importance;... |
| 3 | Middle English | peti | Alternative form of pety |
| 4 | Middle French | Petit | small |
| 5 | Old French | petit | small, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of... |
| 6 | Gallo-Romance | pitittus | — |