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Lingerie

3 stages from French to English.

Today it means women's underwear and nightclothes
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Stage 1 of 3
linge
French · medieval
"linen"
meaning "linen"
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Stage 2 of 3
lingerie
French · 1800s
"women's underclothing"
came to mean linen garments, especially women's undergarments
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Stage 3 of 3
lingerie
English · 1800s
"women's underwear and nightclothes"
adopted directly from French
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