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English word origin

Etymology of poker

Etymology tree English poke Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.

noun

A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. · A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. · One who pokes. · A kind of duck, the pochard.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree English poke Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English poker From poke + -er.

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Source etymology 2 · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To play poker.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Source etymology 2 · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game. · All the four cards of the same rank. · The scoring of four goals by a player in one match.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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