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English word origin

Etymology of stock

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English s

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Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To have on hand for sale. · To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply. · To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale. · To put in the stocks as punishment.

adj

Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock. · Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car. · Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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  • Inherited-form mentionstoccang
  • Inherited-form mention*stokkgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*stukkazgem-pro
  • Doublet mentionchocken

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Source etymology 1 · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A store or supply. · A store of goods ready for sale; inventory. · A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use. · Railroad rolling stock.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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  • Inherited-form mentionstoccang
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Italian stoccata.

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