Where does “pocket” come from?

pocket (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman fro.

pocket (Middle English): bag, sack

Definitions

  1. bag, sack

Ancestry of “pocket”, step by step

pocket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman fro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanfro

via Old Northern French poquet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchpoquet

Words derived from “pocket

Every word from Anglo-Norman fro