Etymology

smock

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Today it means: A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip. Full definition →

Middle English smok ← Old English smocc ← Proto-Germanic *smukkaz
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smock · noun, adjective, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*smukkaz“something slipped into”
  2. Old English · inherited fromsmocc
  3. Middle English · inherited fromsmok
  4. English todaysmock

From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”). Akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkur, and from the root of Old English smugan (“to creep”), akin to German schmiegen (“to cling to, press close”). Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjúga (“to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through”); compare with Lithuanian smukti (“to glide”). See also smug, smuggle.

Smock · proper noun2

English surname, from the noun smock. See also Smoker.

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