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Where does “jupette” come from?

jupette (French) comes from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

jupette (French): short skirt

Definitions

  1. short skirt

Ancestry of “jupette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
2Latin-itta—
3Hungarianiszikto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
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