Etymology

sabretache

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Today it means: A leather pocket or pouch worn hanging from a cavalry officer’s belt. Full definition →

French sabretache ← German Säbeltasche
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The story

  1. German · derived fromSäbeltasche
  2. French · borrowed fromsabretache
  3. English todaysabretache

From French sabretache, from German Säbeltasche, from Säbel (“sabre”) and Tasche (“pocket”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchsabretache all →

sabretasche

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.