Historical story

Pajamas:Origin of the Word

A refined '900 pajamas

We wear it every night before going to sleep, but how many of us have wondered what the origin of pajamas is intended both as a word and as a garment?

From a small and quick research on the subject, I discovered that it is a term of ancient Persian origin, “pay jama “To be precise, which literally means “ garment for the legs ”.

It seems that in the most remote past this garment was worn like a normal pair of trousers during the day and only starting from the 19th century was it permanently introduced in Europe as "official" garment for the night .