Where does “pocketbook” come from?
Pocketbook derives from English pocket and book, with book tracing from Middle English booke, Old English bōc, Proto-Germanic būkaz, and Proto-Indo-European roots related to beech wood used for writing tablets.
pocketbook (English): A woman's purse; One's personal budget or...
Definitions
- A woman's purse; One's personal budget or...
Ancestry of “pocketbook”, step by step
pocketbook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Book
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Book | the Bible |
| 2 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 3 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |