"pocket" in seven languages
Meaningpocket
Spanish
bolsillo
/bolˈsiʝo/
masc.inherited
Diminutive of bolsa 'bag'.
French
poche
/pɔʃ/
fem.other source · Frankish *pokka 'bag'
Italian
tasca
/ˈtaska/
fem.other source · probably Germanic *taska (compare German Tasche)
Portuguese
bolso
/ˈbowsu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
buzunar
/buzuˈnar/
neut.other source · of uncertain origin
plural: buzunare
Catalan
butxaca
/buˈtʃakə/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin
English
pocket
/ˈpɑkɪt/
other source · Anglo-Norman pokete
English → ItalianpockettascaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: purse, bursar, reimburse; pouch, pocket (from the Frankish word).What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
BURSAM‘purse (from Greek býrsa 'hide')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spain keeps a 'little purse'; French and Italian carry Germanic bags. English pocket is a Norman diminutive of the same Frankish word as poche.
English relatives: purse, bursar, reimburse; pouch, pocket (from the Frankish word)
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In a sentence
- esLas llaves están en mi bolsillo.
- frLes clés sont dans ma poche.
- itLe chiavi sono in tasca.
- ptAs chaves estão no meu bolso.
- roCheile sunt în buzunar.
- caLes claus són a la butxaca.
- enThe keys are in my pocket.