sock
English
/sɑk/, /sɒk/
noun
Definitions
- A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
- A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
- A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
- (WMF jargon) A sock puppet.
- (firearms) A gun sock.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English socke inherited from Old English socc (slipper, sock, light shoe) derived from Latin soccus (slipper, buskin, a light shoe slipper, low shoe) derived from Ancient Greek σύκχος (a kind of shoe).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σύκχος
Gloss
a kind of shoe
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bed English
- bedsock English
- foot English
- footsock English
- maker English
- over English
- oversocks English
- poop English
- poopsock English
- sockette English
- sockful English
- sockless English
- socklessness English
- socklet English
- socklike English
- sockmaker English
- undersock English
- wind English
- windsock English
- jarrusukka Finnish
- joulusukka Finnish
- kumisukka Finnish
- kutistesukka Finnish
- lentosukka Finnish
- mustasukkainen Finnish
- nilkkasukka Finnish
- pelastussukka Finnish
- pitsisukat Finnish
- polvisukka Finnish
- sukka Finnish
- sukkahousut Finnish
- sukkajalassa Finnish
- sukkanauha Finnish
- sukkanukke Finnish
- sukkapari Finnish
- sukkapuikko Finnish
- sukkasaippua Finnish
- sukkaseitikki Finnish
- sukkaside Finnish
- sukkasunnuntai Finnish
- sukkikset Finnish
- tukisukka Finnish
- urheilusukka Finnish
- varvassukka Finnish
- villasukka Finnish
- soccus Latin
- Baumwollsocke German
- Nahkampfsocke German
- Schlauchsocke German
- Socke German
- Wollsocke German
- zokni Hungarian
- socco Italian
- sok Dutch, Flemish
- sokpop Dutch, Flemish
- zueco Spanish, Castilian
- σύκχος Ancient Greek
- *sukkaz Proto-Germanic
- ソック Japanese
- socc Old English
- socke Middle English
- sokkr Old Norse
- sok Danish
- sokkur Icelandic
- zoca Galician
- zoco Galician
- socke Middle Dutch
- soc Old High German
- zeķe Latvian
- sok Afrikaans
- *sukka Proto-Finnic
- socke Middle Low German
- sukā Livonian