{"id":19780,"date":"2020-09-11T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=19780"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T12:13:49","slug":"weaving-frocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=19780","title":{"rendered":"Weaving Frocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Danish word frakke<\/strong> [\u02c8f\u0281\u0251g\u0259] means coat or overcoat. It was borrowed from the German Frack<\/strong> [f\u0281ak] (tails, tailcoat, dress coat), which came from the English frock<\/strong>, which generally means dress, but can also refer to a peasant’s smock, or a coarse wide-sleeved outer garment worn by members of some religious orders [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

When the rights and authority are removed from a priest, government official or medical practioner, they are said to be defrocked<\/strong>, unfrocked<\/strong> or disfrocked<\/strong> [source<\/a>]. Before being defrocked, you would have to be frocked<\/strong> (made into a cleric).<\/p>\n

In a frock flick<\/strong> (costume drama), some of the characters might wear frock coats<\/strong>, while others might wear smock frocks<\/strong>, housefrocks<\/strong> or underfrocks<\/strong> or even go frockless<\/strong>, which might lead to them being defrocked<\/strong> [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Frock<\/strong> comes from the Middle English frok \/ frokke<\/em> (habit, cope, cowl, coat), from Old French froc<\/em> (frock, a monk’s gown or habit), perhaps from the Medieval Latin hrocus \/ roccus \/ rocus<\/em> (a coat), from the Frankish *hroc \/ *hrok<\/em> (skirt, dress, robe), from the Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz<\/em> (robe, jacket, skirt, tunic), from the Proto-Indo-European *kre\u1e31-<\/em> (to weave).<\/p>\n

So these words have been weaving their way between the Germanic and Romance language families, and changing their meanings, pronunciations and spellings over time.<\/p>\n

Other words from the same roots include:<\/p>\n