what language did the word dungarees come from?

Answer 1

Its Hindi (dungri) for blue denim.

Answer 2

Dungri was Hindi word for durable, coarse cloth exported from India to England, beginning in the 18th century.
Originally used for sails and tents. Dungri came to be work clothing, particularly for sailors, as the word gradually entered the English language, it acquired an extra syllable along with its new home, and dungaree was born.

Answer 3

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043470/jeans
also called Blue Jeans, Dungarees, Denims, or Levi's, trousers originally designed in the United States by Levi Strauss in the mid-19th century as durable work clothes, with the seams and other points of stress reinforced with small copper rivets. They were eventually adopted by workingmen throughout the United States and then worldwide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungarees
Dungarees in U.S. English are trousers, overalls or coveralls made of denim.

Dungarees in British English are trousers with a high waist band and integral braces, known as overalls in U.S. English.


Actually dungarees are an American name for trousers worn by farm and ranching people. the name jeans came later when city people began to wear them, and levis which was a name brand came much later. They were also known as leggings as it was not to far in the past when most of the worlds men wore what we today would consider dresses or skirts.

Answer 4

derived from a Hindi word dungri which means a course calico fabric, similar to sail cloth

Answer 5

For some reason my mind is telling me that it's an Australian word.