Where does “trouserdom” come from?
trouserdom (English) comes from English trouser, from English trousers, from English trouzes, from English trouse, from Irish triús, from Middle Irish triubus, from Old Irish trebus, from Old French trebus — to shine, shimmer.
trouserdom (English): The world or sphere of trousers
Definitions
- The world or sphere of trousers
Ancestry of “trouserdom”, step by step
trouserdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trouser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trouser | Of or relating to trousers; A pair of trousers;... |
| 2 | English | trousers | An article of clothing that covers the part of... |
| 3 | English | trouzes | — |
| 4 | English | trouse | brushwood; trousers |
| 5 | Irish | triús | trousers, trews |
| 6 | Middle Irish | triubus | — |
| 7 | Old Irish | trebus | — |
| 8 | Old French | trebus | — |
| 9 | Late Latin | tubrucus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *þeuhabrōks | loincloth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |