houseau

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French housel (“boot, leggings”), diminutive of huese, hose (“boot, leggings”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *husa, *hosa (“boot, leggings”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *husǭ, *hausaz (“covering, shell, trousers”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). Cognate with Old High German hosa ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Hose, “pants”), Old English hose (“hose, pod, husk”), Old Norse hosa (“trousers, stocking”), Old Norse hauss (“skull”). More at hose, hosen.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /u.zo/

Noun

houseau m (plural houseaux)

1. (historical) gaiter

Synonyms

• guêtre

Descendants

• → English: huseau

Further reading

• “houseau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.