English

forepocket

From fore- + pocket.

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Germanic *puhô ‘bag; pouch’

Frankish *pokō ‘pouch’

Anglo-Norman poket

Middle English pocket ‘bag, sack’

Today it means

noun A pocket located in the front; front pocket

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / forepocket