Where does “stockateer” come from?
stockateer (English) comes from English racketeer, from English -eer, from Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
stockateer (English): A stockbroker who operates fraudulently
Definitions
- A stockbroker who operates fraudulently
Ancestry of “stockateer”, step by step
stockateer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English racketeer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | racketeer | one who commits crimes to aid in running a shady... |
| 2 | English | -eer | Used to create an agent noun denoting someone... |
| 3 | Dutch | -eren | forms the plural of a limited group of nouns:... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -eren | — |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English stock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stock | A store or supply; The capital raised by a... |
| 2 | Italian | stoccata | hit with a sword, especially a tuck; thrust,... |
| 3 | Italian | stoccare | to stock; to strike or thrust with a tuck or... |
| 4 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |