Where does “pocket” come from?

pocket (Cornish) comes from English pocket, from Middle English pocket, from Anglo-Norman fro.

pocket (Cornish): pocket

Definitions

  1. pocket

Ancestry of “pocket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpocketA bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for...
2Middle Englishpocketbag, sack
3Anglo-Normanfro—

Words derived from “pocket”

Every word from Anglo-Norman fro →