Where does “Frack” come from?

Frack (Luxembourgish) comes from German Frack, from English frock, from Middle English frok, from Old French froc, from Frankish hrokk, from Proto-Germanic hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European rug(')- — upper clothes, shirt.

Frack (Luxembourgish): tailcoat

Definitions

  1. tailcoat

Ancestry of “Frack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFracktailcoat
2EnglishfrockA dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which...
3Middle Englishfrok—
4Old Frenchfrocfrock
5Frankishhrokkrobe, tunic
6Proto-GermanichrukkazAlternative form of *rukkaz; robe, jacket, skirt,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrug(')-upper clothes, shirt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rug(')- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrukkaz →Every word from Frankish hrokk →