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English word breeches comes from Proto-Germanic *brōks (trousers), which itself is derived from earlier *brāks (rear end, rump), from Pre-Germanic *bʰrāg-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break, crack, split)
*bʰreg- (Proto-Indo-European)
to break, crack, split
*brāks (Proto-Germanic)
*brōks (Proto-Germanic)
rear end, rump, hindquarters, but also trousers
*brōkiz (Proto-Germanic)
brōc (Old English)
brēċ (Old English)
brech (Middle English)
breches (Middle English)
breeches (English)
(informal) Trousers; pantaloons; britches.. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.