Jacket
/ˈdʒækɪt/noun
A short coat or outer garment, typically worn on the upper body.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Old French *jaquet*, a diminutive related to a short coat or tunic, and it later traveled through English as a practical garment name rather than a mystical one.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
jacket
“a short coat or outer garment”
Middle English
English
jaket
“a short coat, tunic, or padded garment”
Old French
Old French
jaquet
“a short coat or tunic”
Late Medieval French
French
Jacques
“a personal name that influenced the garment term in French usage”
Germanic root
Germanic
*jakka-
“a short coat or jacket-like garment”