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Where does “trouse” come from?

trouse (English) comes from Irish triús, from Middle Irish triubus, from Old Irish trebus, from Old French trebus, from Late Latin tubrucus, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

trouse (English): brushwood; trousers

Definitions

  1. brushwood; trousers

Ancestry of “trouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishtriústrousers, trews
2Middle Irishtriubus—
3Old Irishtrebus—
4Old Frenchtrebus—
5Late Latintubrucus—
6Proto-Germanic*þeuhabrōks—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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