Etymology

greatcoat

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Today it means: A heavy overcoat. Full definition →

English coat ← Middle English cote ← Old French cotte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰer-
  2. Proto-Germanic*grautaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*graut
  4. Old Englishgrēat
  5. Middle Englishgrete
  6. Englishgreat
  7. Proto-Germanic*kuttô
  8. Latincotta
  9. Old Frenchcotte
  10. Middle Englishcote
  11. Englishcoat
  12. English todaygreatcoat

From great + coat.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.