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Wordymology is a series in which the editors at The Free Dictionary explore the origins of the names of things.
Let’s undress all the weird ways your two-legged garments got their names.
Jeans, Dungarees, and Denim
the ubiquitous blue-hued pants popular the world over, but their
etymologies are literally all over the map.