Where does “Locket” come from?

Locket (English) comes from French loquet, from Anglo-Norman loc, from Old English loc, from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Locket (English): A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item

Definitions

A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item

Ancestry of “Locket”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	loquet	latch
2	Anglo-Norman	loc	lock
3	Old English	loc	lock; that by which anything is closed; an...
4	Old English	stede	place
5	Proto-West Germanic	stadi	place
6	Proto-Germanic	stadiz	place, location
7	Proto-Indo-European	stéh₂tis	standing, position
8	Proto-Indo-European	*steh₂-	—

Words derived from “Locket”

laket

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →