t 1 r 1 o 1 u 1 s 1 e 1 r 1 s 1
8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
noun a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers
originAttested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from Middle Irish triubus (“close-fitting shorts”), from Old Irish tribus, of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers. Doublet of trews (“trousers”). Old Irish tribus is probably a…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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