Where does “sockets” come from?
Sockets comes from Middle English socket, from Anglo-Norman soket, from Old French -et, a diminutive suffix derived from Latin -atus, continuing Proto-Italic -ātos and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -tós.
sockets (English): plural of socket
Definitions
- plural of socket
Ancestry of “sockets”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | socket | An opening into which a plug or other connecting... |
| 2 | Middle English | socket | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | soket | spearhead; small plowshare |
| 4 | Old French | soc | soke; plowshare |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |