Where does “dock” come from?
Dock comes from Middle English dock, from Middle Dutch docke, from Old English docce, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰew-.
dock (English): Any of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants...
Definitions
- Any of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants...
Ancestry of “dock”, step by step
dock traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dok
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dok | dock |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | docke | a doll; channel |
| 3 | Italian | doccia | shower; drainpipe; plaster cast |
| 4 | Italian | doccione | spout (for water); gargoyle |
| 5 | Latin | ductiō | leading (away) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old Norse dǫkk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | dǫkk | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | dankwaz | dark |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰengʷ-o- | — |
via Middle English dock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dock | mud channel |