scrambledegg wrote:
Why are tights called Hosiery? I just keep thinking of the things you use to water plants in the Garden........
You know, like "doublet and hose".
hose (n.)
late O.E., hosa "covering for the leg," from P.Gmc. *husan (cf. O.S., O.N. hosa, M.H.G. hose "covering for the leg," Ger. Hose "trousers" ) , lit. "covering," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). O.Fr. hose, O.Sp. huesa are of Germanic origin. Sense of "flexible rubber tube for liquid" is first attested late 15c.
