English

manpouch

man + pouch

A compound of man + pouch

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Proto-Germanic *puhô ‘bag’

Frankish *pokō

Old French puche ‘bag’

Old Northern French pouche ‘bag or pouch’

Middle English pouche

English pouch

Today it means

noun scrotum

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

Etymograph / manpouch