パンツ

Japanese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)

Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)

Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)bor.

Spanish Pantaleónder.

Italian Pantaloneder.

French pantalonbor.

English pantaloon

English pantaloons

English pantsbor.

Japanese パンツ

Borrowed from English pants.^[1]^[2]

First cited to a text from 1896.^[3]

Pronunciation

(underpants):

(Tokyo) パンツ [páꜜǹtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[4]
IPA^(key): [pã̠nt͡sɨ]

(trousers):

(Tokyo) パンツ [páꜜǹtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[4]
(Tokyo) パンツ [pàńtsú] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
IPA^(key): [pã̠nt͡sɨ]

Noun

パンツ • (pantsu)

[from 1930] pants, underpants (undergarment covering the genitals)
- 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 68:
  
  パンツだけはここで自(じ)分(ぶん)で洗(あら)って干(ほ)す
  Pantsu dake wa koko de jibun de aratte hosu
  Wash your undies yourself and hang them over there
- 1997 July 17, Seimaru Amagi with Kanari, Yozaburo and Sato, Fumiya, “ファイル18(じゅうはち)　魔(ま)神(じん)遺(い)跡(せき)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)①(いち) [File 18: The Demonic Ruins Murder Case #1]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) [Young Kindaichi Case Files], volume 25 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  
  そのフリフリホワイトのパンツは‥‥宗(むな)像(かた)センパイ！
  Sono furifuri howaito no pantsu wa‥‥ Munakata-senpai!
  Those frilly white panties... Munakata-senpai!
[from 1896] pants, trousers (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)

Derived terms

スカパン (sukapan)
短(たん)パン (tanpan)

Descendants

→ English: pantsu
→ Mandarin: 胖次 (pàngcì)
→ Korean: 빤스 (ppanseu)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “パンツ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ2-3] “パンツ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[NHK-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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