Where does “soc” come from?
Soc comes from Middle English soke, from Latin soca, from Latin soccus, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-.
soc (English): Sociology or social science; Upper class youth;...
Definitions
- Sociology or social science; Upper class youth;...
Ancestry of “soc”, step by step
soc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English society
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | society | A long-standing group of people sharing cultural... |
| 2 | Middle French | societé | society |
| 3 | Old French | societé | society; association; council; group; society;... |
| 4 | Latin | societās | society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity a union for a common purpose |
| 5 | Latin | socius | sharing, joining in, partaking, associated;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πάθος | pain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πάσχω | to undergo, experience; have someone do something... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |