Where does “jean” come from?

jean (French) comes from English jean, from Middle English Gene, from Old French Jannes — Genoway.

jean (French): a pair of jeans

Definitions

  1. a pair of jeans

Ancestry of “jean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjeanDenim
2Middle EnglishGeneGenoa; Genoa; Genovese
3Old FrenchJannesGenoway

Words derived from “jean

Every word from Old French Jannes
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