Where does “lock up” come from?
lock up (English) comes from English lock, from Old English loc, from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
lock up (English): to imprison or incarcerate someone; to invest in...
Definitions
- to imprison or incarcerate someone; to invest in...
Ancestry of “lock up”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lock | Something used for fastening, which can only be... |
| 2 | Old English | loc | lock; that by which anything is closed; an... |
| 3 | Old English | stede | place |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |