Where does “sock puppet” come from?
sock puppet (English) comes from English puppet, from Middle English popet, from Old French poupette, from French poupée, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus — few, little; smallness.
sock puppet (English): A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand;...
Definitions
- A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand;...
Ancestry of “sock puppet”, step by step
sock puppet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English puppet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puppet | Any small model of a person or animal able to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | popet | A small or young person |
| 3 | Old French | poupette | — |
| 4 | French | poupée | doll |
| 5 | Middle French | poupée | doll, toy |
| 6 | Old French | poupée | — |
| 7 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 8 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
via English sock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sock | A knitted or woven covering for the foot; A shoe... |
| 2 | French | soc | plowshare; Boston butt |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |