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Where does “shareholding” come from?

Shareholding combines English share, derived from Old English scēran meaning to cut or divide, with English holding, from Old English healdan meaning to grasp or possess.

shareholding (English): Owning shares; The owning of shares; The amount...

Definitions

  1. Owning shares; The owning of shares; The amount...

Ancestry of “shareholding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishholdingSomething that one owns, especially stocks and...
2EnglishholdTo grasp or grip; To contain or store; "To...
3EnglishholeA hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;...
4Middle Englishholehealthy; safe; whole, complete, full
5Old Englishhola hole, a hollow; calumny; slander
6Proto-West Germanicholhollow; hole
7Proto-Germanichuląa hollow; depression; hole
8Proto-Germanichulazhollow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “shareholding”

  • nonshareholding
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