Where does “striptease” come from?

Striptease derives from English strip, from Old English strīepan, from Proto-West Germanic taisijan, meaning to tear or pull apart.

striptease (English): The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to...

Definitions

  1. The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to...

Ancestry of “striptease”, step by step

striptease traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English strip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstripA long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area;...
2Middle Englishstrepento remove the clothes of, undress, strip; to peel...
3Old Englishstrīepanplunder
4Proto-Germanicstrēpōną—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ter(h₁)-to be stiff; be rigid; exert

via English tease

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteaseTo separate the fibres of a fibrous material; To...
2Middle EnglishtesenTo card straighten the fibres of wool
3Old Englishtǣsanto tease
4Proto-West Germanictaisijanto separate; to tug, to pluck; to shred

Words derived from “striptease”

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