Where does “jacket” come from?

Jacket comes from Middle French jacquet, from Old French jaque, a garment whose original meaning remains uncertain.

jacket (English): A piece of clothing worn on the upper body...

Definitions

  1. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body...

Ancestry of “jacket”, step by step

jacket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French jacquet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchjacquet—
2Old Frenchjaquea gambison; a type of tight-fitting shirt
3Arabicشَكّdoubt, suspicion

via Old French jaquet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjaquet—

Words derived from “jacket”

Every word from Arabic شَكّ →Every word from Old French jaque →Every word from Middle French jacquet →