Etymograph

English

shacket

Blend of shirt + jacket.

A blend of shirt + jacket

Proto-Germanic *skertaną ‘to cut off’

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Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ ‘skirt, apron’

Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā ‘skirt, apron’

Old English sċyrte ‘a short garment’

Middle English schirt

English shirt

Arabic شَكّ ‘breastplate’

Old French jaque ‘a gambison’

Middle French jacquet

English jacket

Today it means

noun A heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shacket”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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