Where does “trousseau” come from?
Trousseau comes from French trousseau, derived from French trousse, from French trousser, from Old French torse and Old French trosser, ultimately from Latin torquere meaning to twist.
trousseau (English): The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride...
Definitions
- The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride...
Ancestry of “trousseau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | trousseau | bunch; trousseau |
| 2 | French | trousse | kit; pencil case; inflection of trousser: ##... |
| 3 | Old French | trousse | pack; bunch, bundle |
| 4 | Latin | torsus | — |
| 5 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |