The story
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
- Proto-Hellenic*pánts
- Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
- Ancient Greekἔλεος (éleos)
- Ancient Greekἐλεέω (eleéō)
- Ancient Greekἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
- Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)
- ItalianPantalone
- Frenchpantalon
- Englishpantaloon
- Englishpantaloons
- Englishpants
- Japaneseパンツ
- English todaypantsu
Borrowed from Japanese パンツ (pantsu), from English pants.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.