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trousseaux

[troo-soh, troo-soh] Origin

trous·seau

[troo-soh, troo-soh]
noun, plural -seaux [-sohz, -sohz] , -seaus.
an outfit of clothing, household linen, etc., for a bride.

Origin:
1175–1225; < French; Middle French troussel, equivalent to trousse parcel, bundle (of straw, etc.), noun derivative oftro(u)sser to fasten (see truss) + -el diminutive suffix (see -elle)
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trousseau
1817, from Fr. trousseau, originally "a bundle," dim. of O.Fr. trousse "bundle" (see truss). Italicized as foreign at first, nativized by 1833. The O.Fr. form was borrowed into M.E. early 13c., but it fell from use.
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