Where does “Pocock” come from?
Pocock is an English surname of uncertain origin, possibly derived from a diminutive of the word for peacock, though the exact etymological path remains unclear.
Ancestry of “Pocock”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Peacock | — |
| 2 | Middle English | pecok | The peacock or its meat |
| 3 | Old English | pāwa | peacock |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pāwô | peacock, peafowl |
| 5 | Latin | pāvō | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ταώς | peacock; type of fish |