Etymology

half-jacket

Today it means: A short coat or jacket. Full definition →

English jacket ← Middle French jacquet
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The story

  1. Englishhalf-
  2. Middle Frenchjacquet
  3. Englishjacket
  4. English todayhalf-jacket

From half- + jacket.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.