Etymology

locker

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Today it means: A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers. Full definition →

Middle High German lecken ← Proto-Slavic *lǫka
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locker · noun1

From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

Locker · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*lǫka
  2. Middle High German · derived fromlecken“to kick, jump”
  3. English todayLocker

* As an English surname, from the noun locker. Compare Lock. * Also as an English surname, variant of Luker. * As an Austrian German surname Löcker, nickname for a buffoon, from Middle High German lecken (“to kick, jump”), of obscure origin, but compare Latin locusta (“grasshopper”) or Old English læccan (“to seize”). * As a Slovene surname, Americanized/Germanized from Lokar, from loka (“water meadow”), from Proto-Slavic *lǫka. Compare Loker.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*lǫka all →

Loker

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