Where does “jakes” come from?

jakes (English) comes from Middle English Jake.

jakes (English): plural of jake "in its various senses"; A place...

Definitions

  1. plural of jake "in its various senses"; A place...

Ancestry of “jakes”, step by step

jakes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Jake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishJake—

via Middle English Jakke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishJakkeA padded coat, especially as light armour

Words derived from “jakes”

Every word from Middle English Jake →