Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A knitted or woven covering for the foot. · Synonym of soccus, a light shoe worn by Ancient Greek and Roman comedic actors. · The lower leg of an animal (of an animal) that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. · A sleeve for a microphone to reduce noise.
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.
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- Inherited-form mentionsockeenm
- Inherited-form mentionsoccang
- Derivation mentionsoccusla
- Derivation mentionσύκχοςgrc
- Cognate mention𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀ae · sole of the foot
- Cognate mentionsoksco
- Cognate mentionfoetsokfy
- Cognate mentionsoknl
- Cognate mentionSockede
- Cognate mentionsokda
- Cognate mentionsocksv
- Cognate mentionsokkuris
- Doublet mentionzoccoen
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