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Where does “unpocketed” come from?

unpocketed (English) comes from English pocketed, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

unpocketed (English): Without pockets; Not having been pocketed

Definitions

  1. Without pockets; Not having been pocketed

Ancestry of “unpocketed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpocketedsimple past tense and past participle of pocket
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
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