Etymology

menswear

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Today it means: Men's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context. Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Englishmen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  4. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  6. Old Englishwerian
  7. Middle Englishweren
  8. Englishwear
  9. English todaymenswear

From men + -s- + -wear.

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