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Where does “vareuse” come from?

vareuse (English) comes from French vareuse, from French -euse, from Latin -osa — nominative feminine singular of -ōsus; nominative...

vareuse (English): A military tunic

Definitions

  1. A military tunic

Ancestry of “vareuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvareuseblouse; tunic
2French-eusefemale equivalent of -eur; feminine singular of...
3Latin-osanominative feminine singular of -ōsus; nominative...
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