pantaloons

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-énts

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?

Proto-Hellenic *pánts

Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)

Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)

Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.

Italian Pantalonebor.

French pantalonbor.

English pantaloon

English pantaloons

pantaloons pl (plural only)

An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
  But beginning to feel very cold now, half undressed as I was, and remembering what the landlord said about the harpooneer’s not coming home at all that night, it being so very late, I made no more ado, but jumped out of my pantaloons and boots, and then blowing out the light tumbled into bed, and commended myself to the care of heaven.
- 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 19:
  But the truth was, her pantaloons came down to her ankles, and when she got the leg of one caught in a twig, she nearly fainted[.]

an article of clothing covering each leg separately

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