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

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

Ancestry of “Locket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchloquetlatch
2Anglo-Normanloclock
3Old Englishloclock; that by which anything is closed; an...
4Old Englishstedeplace
5Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
6Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
8Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “Locket”

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