Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square219linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square219linkfedilink
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 days agoDenim= De Nîmes (from the city of Nîmes) Jeans = Gênes , the French weird for Genoa. The cotton weave, indigo dyed cloth originated in Genoa, and in France the main production centre was Nîmes. So ‘denim jeans’ is both a tautology and a contradiction
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoI heard that in Czechia and Slovakia, the word for jeans is/was “Rifle” (pronounced “reef-le”), since Rifle was the first brand of jeans imported there in the 80s.
Denim= De Nîmes (from the city of Nîmes)
Jeans = Gênes , the French weird for Genoa.
The cotton weave, indigo dyed cloth originated in Genoa, and in France the main production centre was Nîmes.
So ‘denim jeans’ is both a tautology and a contradiction
I heard that in Czechia and Slovakia, the word for jeans is/was “Rifle” (pronounced “reef-le”), since Rifle was the first brand of jeans imported there in the 80s.
Interesting. Ty