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Origin and history of stockinet

stockinet(n.)

also stockinette, elastic, machine-made fabric used for undergarments, 1824, from stocking + diminutive ending -et.

also from 1824

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stocking(n.)

"close-fitting garment covering the foot and lower leg," 1580s, from stock "leg covering, stocking" (late 15c.), from Old English stocu "sleeve," which is related to Old English stocc "trunk, log" (see stock (n.1)).

Probably so called because of a fancied resemblance of legs to tree trunks, or a reference to the punishing stocks. Old Norse stuka, Old High German stuhha are from the same Proto-Germanic source.

Restriction to women's hose is 20c. As a receptacle for Christmas presents, attested from 1830 in American English; hence stocking-stuffer (1891); stocking-filler (1862). By 1873 as a place to hide one's money or valuables. Stocking-feet "without shoes" is by 1766 in statements of stature.

-et

word-forming element, originally a diminutive suffix but not now always felt as one, Middle English, from Old French -et (fem. -ete; Modern French -et, -ette), from Vulgar Latin *-ittum/*-itta (source also of Spanish -ito/-ita, Italian -etto/-etta), of unknown origin. The French forms are reduced to -et in English, but later borrowings of French words in -ette tend to keep that ending.

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