Where does “trousser” come from?

trousser (French) comes from Vulgar Latin torsare, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

trousser (French): To fold up; To hitch up; To truss

Definitions

  1. To fold up; To hitch up; To truss

Ancestry of “trousser”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trousser”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →