soke

Meaning

Noun

• A soc .
• A district under a particular jurisdiction.

Origin

• From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn ("jurisdiction, prosecution"), from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz ("seeking, inquiry"), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- ("to track"). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.