Blumes

[monsoon68]

Does anyone know why Cubans and Dominicans use the word "blumes" or "blumer" when they refer to "bragas"? I cannot see any relation to any language that I know and my Cuban friends don't know either. Was "blumes" a trademark?
Gracias!

 

[Mirador]

Does anyone know why Cubans and Dominicans use the word "blumes" or "blumer" when they refer to "bragas"? I cannot see any relation to any language that I know and my Cuban friends don't know either. Was "blumes" a trademark?
Gracias!

Still used in the DR campo, mostly by old ladies, to refer to baggy homemade panties, and probably derived from the English term 'bloomer'.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bloomers

bloom?er 2 (blmr)
n.
1. A costume formerly worn by women and girls that was composed of loose trousers gathered about the ankles and worn under a short skirt.
2. bloomers
a. Wide, loose trousers gathered at the knee and formerly worn by women and girls as an athletic costume.
b. Girls' underpants of similar design.