Where does “ソックパペット” come from?
ソックパペット (Japanese) comes from English sock puppet, 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 — few, little; smallness.
ソックパペット (Japanese): sock puppet
Definitions
- sock puppet
Ancestry of “ソックパペット”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sock puppet | A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand;... |
| 2 | English | puppet | Any small model of a person or animal able to be... |
| 3 | Middle English | popet | A small or young person |
| 4 | Old French | poupette | — |
| 5 | French | poupée | doll |
| 6 | Middle French | poupée | doll, toy |
| 7 | Old French | poupée | — |
| 8 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 9 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |