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Where does “trousse” come from?

trousse (Old French) comes 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 (Old French): pack; bunch, bundle

Definitions

  1. pack; bunch, bundle

Ancestry of “trousse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorsus—
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 “trousse”

  • truss
  • trussing
  • trusser
  • untruss
  • trusswork
  • trusseth
  • nanotruss
  • untrusser
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