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Show NAMING OF CLOTHES. France Was the Birthplace of Man Universal Designations. Some people occasionally feel be-wildered be-wildered by the names the articles oS feminine apparel bear, and will be In-, terested In learning their origin and derivation. The word "costume" comes from the French word signifying signify-ing custom and dress from the French verb dresser, to make straight, and this is derived from deriger, to direct; petticoat comes from the Anglo-Norman outdoor garment, which was called a "cotte," and was subsequently modified Into coat. Petticoat or small coat, is due to petty, signifying small. Skirt is from the Anglo-Saxon work scyrtan, to shorten. We have come to consider that which covers the lower part of the body as a skirt and the upper part the bodice, the word bodice being the plural of body, for more than one bodice is mostly worn. The word "gown" comes from the Welsh "gwn." "Corset" is a French word from "corps," the body, and the diminutive di-minutive ette" namely, a little body. "Stays" express support, from the French word "estai." -"Trousseau" comes from the French "trousse," a bundle. "Hose" is an Anglo-Saxon German word, derived from the Icelandic Ice-landic "hsa." "Stocc" is the Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon for stocking, which means a trunk. "Garter" comes from "jar-retiere," "jar-retiere," the French word, and "gar-etto," "gar-etto," the Italian, which devotes the bend of the knee. "Pocket" means 'pos"&p3.s or -Punch., with the di-minutive, di-minutive, the pocket being only a little lit-tle bag inserted in a garment of any other article. We derive "polonaise" from the Poles, who call their sur-tout sur-tout the polonie, but "pelisse" comes from the Latin "pelicea," which was generally made of fur. Macintosh is the name of its inventor, and "umbrella" "um-brella" is from umbra" a little shade. |