English

mailcoat

mail + coat

A compound of mail + coat

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

Proto-Germanic *kuttô ‘cowl, woolen cloth, coat’

Latin cotta ‘undercoat, tunic’

Old French cote ‘outer garment with sleeves’

Middle English cote ‘coat’

English coat

Today it means

noun A coat of mail.

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

Etymograph / mailcoat