The story
- Old English · inherited fromhosan“hosen, leggings, trousers”
- Middle English · inherited fromhosen
- English todayhosen
From Middle English hosen, from Old English hosan (“hosen, leggings, trousers”), plural of hosa (“hose, legging, stocking”); reinforced by German Hosen (“trousers, pants”). Equivalent to hose + -en (plural ending).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.