English

jackhandle

From jack + handle.

A compound of jack + handle

Middle Dutch Jan ‘John’

Middle Dutch Janke

Anglo-Norman Jakke

Middle English Jakke

English Jack

English jack

Proto-West Germanic *handulā

Old English handle

Middle English handel

Today it means

noun The handle of a mechanical jack.

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

Etymograph / jackhandle