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For those who have been caught flat-footed in discussions on foot coverings here are easy to understand explainations and fun facts on the cloth that covers your feet.

A sock is a knitted garment for enclosing the human foot and/or lower leg. The purpose is to ease contact between the foot and footwear, keep the feet warm, and absorb sweat from the feet.

The word sock is derived from the the Latin word soccus, which was a type of low-heeled, loose-fitting shoe or slipper used by the Greeks. Roman comedians also wore soccus. The Latin word soccus could have been a variation of the ancient Greek sukkhos, which was a Phrygian shoe. This word was probably derived from an Asian language. Greeks wore their soccuses on their feet, then put their sandals on top on them, and as happens today, people removed their sandals walked inside their houses in their soccuses. The Old English usage was soc, which then became socke in Middle English times.

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