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Where does “trousse” come from?

trousse (French) comes from Old French trousse, from Latin torsus, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

trousse (French): kit; pencil case; inflection of trousser: ##...

Definitions

  1. kit; pencil case; inflection of trousser: ##...

Ancestry of “trousse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroussepack; bunch, bundle
2Latintorsus—
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “trousse”

  • trousseau
  • Trousseau
  • trousse
  • trousseau
  • trusses
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →