Lingerie exclusively for more lightweight items of female undergarments. The French word in its original form derives from the old French word "linge", meaning 'linen'. So "faire le linge", comes to mean "do the laundry". In French the word "lingerie" applies to all undergarments for either sex. In English it means women's underwear or nightclothes. Lingerie as a word was first used to refer to underwear and bras in 1922. Informal usage suggests visually appealing or even erotic clothing. Although most lingerie is designed to be worn by women, some manufactures now design lingerie for men. The concept of lingerie is
Orange (word) thought that Old French borrowed the Italian "melarancio" ("fruit of the orange tree", with "mela" "fruit") as "pume orenge" (with "pume" "fruit"). Although "pume orenge" is attested earlier than "melarancio" in available written sources, lexicographers believe that the Italian word is actually older. The word ultimately derives from a Dravidian language — possibly Tamil நாரம் "nāram" or Telugu నారింజ "nāriṃja" or Malayalam നാരങ്ങ‌ "nāraŋŋa" — via Sanskrit नारङ्ग "nāraṅgaḥ" "orange tree". From there the word entered Persian "nārang" and then Arabic "nāranj". The initial "n" was lost through rebracketing in Italian and French, though some varieties of Arabic lost the