Where does “stock” come from?
Stock comes from Italian stoccata, derived from Italian -ata, from Latin -ata, from Latin -are, from Latin -aris, from Latin -alis, from Proto-Indo-European -tós, from Proto-Italic -os.
stock (English): A store or supply; The capital raised by a...
Definitions
- A store or supply; The capital raised by a...
Ancestry of “stock”, step by step
stock traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian stoccata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | stoccata | hit with a sword, especially a tuck; thrust,... |
| 2 | Italian | stoccare | to stock; to strike or thrust with a tuck or... |
| 3 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |