majtek.
boy seaman, deckhand (member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour)
Meaning & usage
boy seaman, deckhand (member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Dutch maat Dutch -je Dutch maatje Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Polish -ek Polish majtek From Dutch maatje + Polish -ek.
briefs, pants, undies, underpants (underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel)
shorts (pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Dutch maat Dutch -je Dutch maatje Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Polish -ek Polish majtek Polish majtek Derived from Etymology 1. Originally, this word was probably used for wide, short men's pants, knotted below the knees, in older Polish (from the 16th c.) called marynały (similar to them was also the lower part of women's underwear, knotted below the knees), a characteristic element of clothing of sailors in the past.
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