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Edgar Degas – Ballet at the Paris Opéra |
I have a little ballerina in my family…and also a Fancy Nancy fan. So when she got her hands on Fancy Nancy: Too Many Tutus, you may be able to imagine the results–she had to go through her entire closet and pick out every dress, shirt, and skirt with a tutu in it, and schedule her entire week’s clothing choices accordingly.
It’s a funny word though, and one I’ve often wondered about but never looked up. So here I am, looking it up. =)
Tutu comes from the French word, which is no big surprise, as most ballet terminology does. What I had no clue about is that it’s a variation of cucu…which is baby talk! Who knew, right? Cucu is “intantile repetitiveness” of cul, which means “bottom or backside.”
And I’m sure my daughter won’t give a hoot, LOL. But a bit of fun trivia to begin your week. =)
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| Xoe (on the right) with her best-ballet-friend |
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
Fun and goofy and interesting for sure! 🙂 (And Xoe's adorable)
Hmmm….that is an interesting origin. Some words have such a strange background.
I'm also a ballerina, but I've never thought about the origins of the word tutu. That's so interesting!
Funny. So it's a tutu to cover your cucu. Probably like our English bumbum. Ha ha.