Etymograph

English

putpocket

From put + pocket, modelled after pickpocket.

Formed from put + pocket

Proto-Germanic *putōną ‘to stick’

Proto-West Germanic *putōn ‘to stick’

Old English putian

Middle English putten ‘to put’

English put

Proto-Germanic *puhô ‘bag; pouch’

Frankish *pokō ‘pouch’

Anglo-Norman poket

Middle English pocket ‘bag, sack’

English pocket

Today it means

noun A person who places money or other items into another person’s pocket or bag without the other’s knowledge, typically as a form of kindness or generosity.

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

Etymograph / putpocket