English
blouse
Blouse comes from French blouse ‘a workman's or peasant's smock’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentblouse‘a workman's or peasant's smock’
- Englishearliest quotation 1964same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentblouse‘a workman's or peasant's smock’
- Englishearliest quotation 1964same form
Earliest quotation: 1964, Philip K. Dick, NINE: “She came in now, but to the closet; from…”
The story
1828, from French blouse (‘a workman's or peasant's smock’), see that for more.
Every English word from French blouse
Today it means
noun A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French blouse / blouse