Where does “caleçon” come from?

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

caleçon (French): boxer shorts, boxer briefs

Definitions

  1. boxer shorts, boxer briefs

Ancestry of “caleçon”, step by step

caleçon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian calzone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancalzonetrousers; calzone
2Italian-oneAlterative suffix used to form augmentatives;...
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Latin calceus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincalceusshoe
2Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
3Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “caleçon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Italian -one →