Where does “Frack” come from?

Frack (Pennsylvania German) comes 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 (Pennsylvania German): dress; frock

Definitions

  1. dress; frock

Ancestry of “Frack”, step by step

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