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jerkin

Meaninga frock

Common meaning: a close-fitting jacket

Journey through time

  1. Dutchjurk‘a frock’source
  2. Early English spellingJerkinssource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa frock → a close-fitting jacketjerkin‘a close-fitting jacket’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Dutch jurk ‘a frock’.

Roots

  • jurk Dutch “a frock”

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