calçons

pants, trousers

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: calças

Cognate with Galician: calzóns

In summary

Ultimately from Latin calceus (“type of boot > footwear”) or a derivative thereof (see calcea (“stocking, sock”)). Compare Portuguese calças (“pants, trousers”) (also, calção (“shorts”)) and Galician calzóns (“pants, breeches”).

Concepts

pants

breech

breeches

britches

panties

shorts

🩳

smallclothes

stocking

trousers

articles

unmentionables

Synonyms

calces

pantalons

pantaló

Translations

calzón

culotte

haut-de-chausses

calzones

brache

Kniehosen

Kniebundhose

كِيلُوت

Kniehose

Knickerbocker

Reithose

Breeches

Stiefelhosen

παντελόνι

Hose