Where does “パンチラ” come from?

パンチラ (Japanese) comes from Japanese パンティー, from English panty, from English pants, from English pantaloons, from English pantaloon, from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, from Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

パンチラ (Japanese): an unexpected exposure of a woman's panties

Definitions

  1. an unexpected exposure of a woman's panties

Ancestry of “パンチラ”, step by step

パンチラ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese パンティー

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseパンティーpanties
2EnglishpantyShort trousers for men, or more usually boys; An...
3EnglishpantsAn outer garment that covers the body from the...
4EnglishpantaloonsAn article of clothing covering each leg...
5EnglishpantaloonAn aging buffoon; Trousers reminiscent of the...
6Frenchpantalontrousers UK, pants US
7ItalianPantalonePantaloon (Venetian theatrical character)
8Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων
9Ancient Greekἐλεήμωνpitiful, merciful
10Ancient GreekἐλεέωI have pity on, take pity on, show mercy to
11Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
12Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
13Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Japanese ちらっと

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseちらっとflashingly, glancingly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti