Where does “socketwood” come from?
socketwood (English) comes from English socket, from Middle English socket, from Anglo-Norman soket, from Old French soc, from Vulgar Latin soccus, from Proto-Celtic sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European suH-, from Proto-Indo-European sewH- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
socketwood (English): Any of various plants of the genus Daphnandra, native to Australia
Definitions
- Any of various plants of the genus Daphnandra, native to Australia
Ancestry of “socketwood”, step by step
socketwood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English socket
| 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... |
via English Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |