hosae

Latin

Alternative forms

hossae, hosi, hucia

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hosa (“covering, specifically a covering for the legs”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhal.la/

Noun

hosae f pl (genitive hosārum); first declension[1]

(Medieval Latin, plural only) pants, trousers
(Medieval Latin, plural only, military) armour that protects the leg, gaiters, greaves

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Plural
Nominative	hosae
Genitive	hosārum
Dative	hosīs
Accusative	hosās
Ablative	hosīs
Vocative	hosae

Descendants

Italian: uosa
Old French: huese, hose, house
- Middle French: heuse
- → Middle English: house, houce
- ⇒ Old French: housel, huesel
  - Middle French: houseau, houseaul, housel
    - French: houseau
      - → English: huseau
Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Portuguese: osa
Old Spanish: huesa

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “hosae”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 500

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