grubstake (English) comes from English stake, from Middle English stake, from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
grubstake (English): Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a...
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Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a...
Ancestry of “grubstake”, step by step
grubstake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.