Where does “pockpit” come from?

pockpit (English) comes from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pockpit (English): A pockmark

Definitions

  1. A pockmark

Ancestry of “pockpit”, step by step

pockpit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
2Middle Englishpit—
3Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

via English pock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpockA pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin...
2Middle Englishpok—
3Old Englishpoc—
4Proto-Germanicpukkaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Latin -al →
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