Where does “'tocks” come from?

'tocks (English) comes from English buttocks, from English buttock, from Middle English buttok, from Old English buttuc — end, small piece of land; end; end piece”; also,...

'tocks (English): Buttocks

Definitions

  1. Buttocks

Ancestry of “'tocks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbuttocksplural of buttock
2EnglishbuttockEach of the two large fleshy halves of the...
3Middle Englishbuttok—
4Old Englishbuttucend, small piece of land; end; end piece”; also,...
Every word from Old English buttuc →Every word from Middle English buttok →Every word from English buttock →