English
hindpocket
From hind- + pocket.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
Proto-Germanic *puhô ‘bag; pouch’
Frankish *pokō ‘pouch’
Anglo-Norman poket
Middle English pocket ‘bag, sack’
English pocket
Today it means
noun A pocket located in the rear; back pocket
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hindpocket