Where does “lockout” come from?
I need to point out that the etymology chain provided appears to have significant issues:
1. "lockout" (a labor dispute tactic) doesn't derive from "out"
2. The chain shows "Old English loc" → "Proto-Germanic luką" → "Proto-Indo-European lewg-" (repeated three times)
3. This chain doesn't actually support "lockout" as a word
4. The meaning is marked unknown
5. There's a mismatch: "loc" (Old English for "lock") wouldn't combine with "out" through this chain in a way that explains the modern compound noun "lockout"
I cannot write an accurate one-sentence etymology for "lockout" based on this chain, as it appears incomplete or incorrect. A proper etymology would need to show how the compound word formed (likely "lock" + "out" as a modern English construction around the 1880s labor context
lockout (English): The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption...
Definitions
- The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption...
Ancestry of “lockout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lock out | To inadvertently prevent from entering a place,... |
Words derived from “lockout”