English
juste-au-corps
Juste-au-corps comes from French justaucorps ‘jerkin’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjustaucorps‘jerkin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792juste-au-corps
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentjustaucorps‘jerkin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792juste-au-corps
Earliest quotation: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond: “Under a full dress coat […] appeared a waistcoat…”
Every English word from French justaucorps
Today it means
noun A tight, knee-length men's coat worn in the late 17th and early 18th century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French justaucorps / juste-au-corps