pochette

Meaning

Concepts

nylon bag

pochette fiddle

drawing set

clutch purse

case of drawing instruments

Synonyms

pochette à compas

boite à dessin

boîte à compas

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔ.ʃɛt/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French pochete (“small purse, small bag”), diminutive (with suffix -ete) of puche (“purse, bag”), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch, bag”), from Proto-Germanic *pukô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Reinforced by Old Norse puki, poki (“bag, pocket”), from Old Northern French. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pohha, pocca (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”). Compare English pocket, derived from an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

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