English
hassock
Hassock comes from Old English hassoc ‘coarse grass’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hassoc‘coarse grass’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978hassock
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hassoc‘coarse grass’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978hassock
Earliest quotation: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet): “At the next service he found a flower on…”
Every English word from Old English hassoc
Today it means
noun A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hassoc / hassock