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Muumuu

2 stages from Hawaiian to English.

Today it means a loose-fitting, brightly patterned Hawaiian dress
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Stage 1 of 2
mu'umu'u
Hawaiian · 1800s
"a loose, cut-off dress"
originally meaning "cut off", describing a simplified missionary-introduced dress without a yoke
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Stage 2 of 2
muumuu
English · 1900s
"a loose, brightly patterned dress"
adopted for the loose, colorful Hawaiian dress
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