Etymograph

English

shako

Shako comes from French shako ‘shako (hat)’, and goes back to Hungarian csákó.

  1. Hungarianmoderncsákó‘cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to…’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentshako‘shako (hat)’
  3. Englishtodayshako

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Hungarianmoderncsákó‘cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to…’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentshako‘shako (hat)’
  3. Englishtodayshako

Every English word from Hungarian csákó

Another origin of shako

  1. Chinesemodern蝦蛄xiāgū‘stomatopod’
  2. Japanesemodern蝦蛄shako‘Japanese mantis shrimp, Oratosquilla oratoria’
  3. Englishtodayshako

Today it means

noun A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.

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Etymograph / Hungarian csákó / shako

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