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(or ) is the Latin term for "trousers", and in this context is today used to refer to a style of trousers made from wool. According to the Romans, this style of clothing originated from the Gauls. were typically made with a drawstring, and tended to reach from just above the knee at the shortest, to the ankles at the longest, with length generally increasing in tribes living further north. For the Romans, to encircle the legs and thighs with fasciae, or bands, was understood, in the time of Pompey and Horace, to be a proof of ill health and effeminacy. Roman men typically wore tunics, which were one-piece outfits terminating at or above the knee.
(or ) is the Latin term for "trousers", and in this context is today used to refer to a style of trousers made from wool. According to the Romans, this style of clothing originated from the Gauls. were typically made with a drawstring, and tended to reach from just above the knee at the shortest, to the ankles at the longest, with length generally increasing in tribes living further north. For the Romans, to encircle the legs and thighs with fasciae, or bands, was understood, in the time of Pompey and Horace, to be a proof of ill health and effeminacy. Roman men typically wore tunics, which were one-piece outfits terminating at or above the knee.
Etymology
The word originates from the Gaulish , after going through a process of syncopation it gave rise to "trouser, pants". The word is cognate with the English breeches. It appears to derive from the Indo-European root - "break", here apparently used in the sense "divide", "separate", as in Scottish Gaelic ("trousers"), in Breton ("pants"), in Irish ("trousers"), in Welsh and in Dutch broek ("trousers"). The Celtic form may have first passed to the Etruscan language, which did not distinguish between the and sounds. File:Grande Ludovisi sarcophagus 20.JPG|Bare-backed Goth warrior on the Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus wearing , baggy knickerbockers, first used by the Celts and then extended to the other barbarian tribes. File:Vindobona Hoher Markt-78.JPG|Chained Germanic tribesman, 2nd century A.D. Bronze. The prisoner wears that were typical for the Germanic tribes. His hair is tied in a Suebian knot.
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