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sockEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sockEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese soco (“a hit with one's hand; a punch”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗sockEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From French soc.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- SockEnglish · e-38700-2310
Sock, sok, n. a kind of half-stocking: comedy, originally a low-heeled light shoe, worn by actors of comedy. [A.S. socc—L. soccus.]
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Sock, sok, n. a ploughshare. [O. Fr. soc—Celt., Bret. souc'h, Gael. soc.]
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Sock, sok, v.t. (prov. and slang) to throw: to strike hard, to give a drubbing.
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