sock

sock · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύκχος“a kind of shoe”
2. Latin · derived fromsoccus“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”
3. Old English · inherited fromsocc“sock, light shoe, slipper”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsocke
5. English todaysock

From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.

sock · interjection, verb, noun, adjective²

Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”).

sock · noun³

1. French · derived fromsoc
2. English todaysock

From French soc.

Words from the same roots