trousser

French

verb

Definitions

To fold up
To hitch up
To truss
To expedite
(vulgar) To stuff, to fuck

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *torsāre, tortus (twisted, folded over).

Origin

Latin

tortus

Gloss

twisted, folded over

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*extortiāre Latin
*torsāre Latin
*turta Latin
torta Latin
tortuosus Latin
tortus Latin
tortūra Latin
torto Italian
torsen Dutch, Flemish
retrousser French
torture French
tuerto Spanish, Castilian
ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
*terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
torteau Old French
tort Catalan, Valencian
tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
torsen Middle Dutch
teurt Norman
torto Old Portuguese
tuertu Asturian