Where does “grubstake” come from?
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.
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- Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a...
Ancestry of “grubstake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stake | A piece of wood or other material, usually long... |
| 2 | Middle English | stake | A stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or... |
| 3 | Old English | staca | stake |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |