Where does “livestock” come from?
Livestock derives from English live and stock, with live tracing to Proto-Indo-European -tós through Latin -alis, -aris, -are, and -ata.
livestock (English): Farm animals; animals domesticated for...
Definitions
- Farm animals; animals domesticated for...
Ancestry of “livestock”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stock | A store or supply; The capital raised by a... |
| 2 | Italian | stoccata | hit with a sword, especially a tuck; thrust,... |
| 3 | Italian | stoccare | to stock; to strike or thrust with a tuck or... |
| 4 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “livestock”