Where does “trusses” come from?
trusses (Portuguese) comes from French trousse, 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.
trusses (Portuguese): male underpants
Ancestry of “trusses”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | trousse | kit; pencil case; inflection of trousser:
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| 2 | Old French | trousse | pack; bunch, bundle |
| 3 | Latin | torsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |