Etymology

paletot

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Today it means: A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat. Full definition →

French paletot ← Middle French paltoke ← Middle English paltok
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The story

  1. Middle Englishpaltok
  2. Middle Frenchpaltoke
  3. Frenchpaletot
  4. English todaypaletot

Borrowed from French paletot.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.