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Where does “pocket” come from?

Pocket comes from Anglo-Norman fro, though the precise original meaning remains unattested in available sources.

pocket (English): A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for...

Definitions

  1. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for...

Ancestry of “pocket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpocketbag, sack
2Anglo-Normanfro—

Words derived from “pocket”

  • pocketbook
  • pocketing
  • pickpocket
  • pocketful
  • pocketless
  • pocketable
  • pocketlike
  • subpocket
  • pseudopocket
  • pocketer
  • repocket
  • pocketability
  • pocketphone
  • hindpocket
  • pocketpussy
  • vest-pocket
  • reverse pickpocket
  • reverse-pickpocket
  • pickpocketer
  • pocketwards
  • poly pocket
  • antipickpocket
  • impocket
  • forepocket
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