English
jacket
Jacket comes from Middle French jacquet, from Old French jaque ‘a gambison’, and ultimately from Arabic شَكّ ‘breastplate’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَكّ‘breastplate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jaque‘a gambison’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600jacquet
- Englishearliest quotation 1792jacket
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentشَكّ‘breastplate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400jaque‘a gambison’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600jacquet
- Englishearliest quotation 1792jacket
Earliest quotation: 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives: “‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you…”
Every English word from Arabic شَكّ
Today it means
noun A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic شَكّ / jacket