jupon

Japanese: jupon
jupon

...It is also said to be derived from the French word 'jupon'. However, since the 16th century, as the skirt 'jupe' became established as a part of women's clothing, 'jupon' has come to refer exclusively to women's underwear (a type of petticoat), so there is no semantic relationship.
[Origin and spread of trousers]
The traditional legwear of the Arabian culture, shalwar, is said to be a corrupted Persian word in many cases, but in the ancient Iranian culture before the advent of Islam, long trousers called anaxarides by the Greeks were already in common use.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "jupon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またフランス語の〈ジュポン〉に由来するともいう。しかしジュポンjuponは,16世紀以来スカートにあたる〈ジュープ〉が女装として定着するにつれ,もっぱら女性用の下ばき(ペティコートの類)を指すようになったから,語義上の関係はない。
[ズボンの起源と伝播]
 アラビア文化圏の伝統的脚衣シャルワールについては,ペルシア語の転訛語が多いといわれるが,イスラム進出以前の古代イラン文化圏にあっては,ギリシア人によって〈アナクサリデスanaxarides〉と呼ばれた長ズボンが早くも常用されていた。…

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