English word origin

Etymology of daks

From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly created by Alexander Simpson and his business partner Dudley Beck. Blend of dad + slacks, named after Simeon Simpson, th

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Source etymology 1

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noun

Trousers or underwear.

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Blend componentdaden
Blend componentslacksen

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Source etymology 2

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noun

plural of dak

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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