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Where does “sans-culottide” come from?

sans-culottide (English) comes from French sans-culottide, from French sans-culotte, from French culotté, from French culot, from French cul, from Middle French cul, from Old French cul, from Latin cūlus — to cover, bedeck; cover.

sans-culottide (English): Any of the five extra days added at the end of...

Definitions

  1. Any of the five extra days added at the end of...

Ancestry of “sans-culottide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsans-culottidesans-culottide
2Frenchsans-culottesans-culotte, peasant
3Frenchculottépast participle of culotter; seasoned; faded,...
4Frenchculotbase, bottom; residue, slag; cheek, nerve
5Frenchculbutt, bum, ass, arse; anus; arsehole; asshole;...
6Middle Frenchcularse; ass; anus
7Old Frenchculbottom; the buttock
8Latincūlus—
9Proto-Celtickūlos—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱuH-ló-—
11Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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