Where does “shop” come from?

Shop comes from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-, a root meaning to push or shove.

shop (English): An establishment that sells goods or services to...

Definitions

  1. An establishment that sells goods or services to...

Ancestry of “shop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishshoppe—
2Old Englishsċeoppa—
3Proto-Germanicskupp-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

Words derived from “shop”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp- →Every word from Old English sċeoppa →