Etymology

décolletage

dé·colle·tage

Today it means: A low neckline on a woman's dress, especially one that reveals or emphasizes her cleavage. Full definition →

French décolletage ← Middle French collet ← Old French col
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Middle Frenchdes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*de
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  10. Proto-Italic*dē
  11. Latindē
  12. Latindē-
  13. Frenchdé-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷel-der.?
  15. Latincollum
  16. Old Frenchcol
  17. Middle Frenchcol
  18. Middle Frenchcollet
  19. Frenchcollet
  20. Frenchdécolleter
  21. Frenchdécolletage
  22. English todaydécolletage

Borrowed from French décolletage.

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