Etymology

pochette

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Today it means: A small handbag shaped like an envelope. Full definition →

French pochette
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  1. French · borrowed frompochette“pocket”
  2. English todaypochette

Borrowed from French pochette (“pocket”). Doublet of pocket.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.