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Added 9 October 2026

wallet

/ˈwɒl.ɪt/ noun

In Latin: pēra Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wallet at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.

Origin

From Middle English walet (“a bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“a roll; bag; a knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.

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