Editing Blouse (section)

==Etymology==
Blouse is a loanword from French to English (see Wiktionary entry {{linktext|blouse}}). Originally referring to the blue blouse worn by French workmen,<ref name="auto"/> the term "blouse" began to be applied to the various smocks and tunics worn by English farm labourers. In 1870, blouse was first referenced as being "for a young lady."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cresswell |first1=Julia |title=Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins |date=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-954793-7 |pages=51 |edition=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4i3zV4vnBAC&q=blouse+french+origin&pg=PA51 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>

It is suggested that the French form of the word comes from the Latin ''{{lang|la|pelusia}},'' from the Egyptian town of [[Pelusium]], a manufacturing center in the Middle Ages, or alternatively from [[Provençal dialect|Provençal]] ''({{lang|oc-provenc|lano}}) {{lang|oc-provenc|blouso}}'' 'short (wool)'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/blouse|title=blouse – Origin and meaning of blouse by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=etymonline.com}}</ref>