Where does “jackets” come from?

Jackets comes from Middle French jacquet, which derives from Old French jaque, a short padded garment worn for protection.

jackets (English): plural of jacket; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of jacket; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “jackets”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjacketA piece of clothing worn on the upper body...
2Middle Frenchjacquet—
3Old Frenchjaquea gambison; a type of tight-fitting shirt
4Arabicشَكّdoubt, suspicion
Every word from Arabic شَكّ →Every word from Old French jaque →Every word from Middle French jacquet →