English
try-on
The act, or a session, of trying on clothing.
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Origin
Deverbal from try on.
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Lineage
- derivedEnglishtry “To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishtrien “to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”
- derivedAnglo-Normantrier
- inheritedMiddle Englishtrye
- derivedOld Frenchtrié
- inheritedMiddle Englishtrien “to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: try-on