Etymology

jacket

jack·et
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Today it means: A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. Full definition →

First used 18th c.Middle French jacquet ← Old French jaque
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromjaque
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromjacquet
  3. English todayjacket

From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchjaque all →

jackboot

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
  • from 19th c. To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.