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Where does “kalsono” come from?

kalsono (Esperanto) comes from French caleçon, from Italian calzone, from Italian -one, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

kalsono (Esperanto): underpants, underwear , pants

Definitions

  1. underpants, underwear , pants

Ancestry of “kalsono”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaleçonboxer shorts, boxer briefs
2Italiancalzonetrousers; calzone
3Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “kalsono”

  • kalsoneto
  • kalsono
  • kalsoneto
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