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Where does “stockbroker” come from?

Stockbroker combines stock with broker, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European bʰreg- meaning to break.

stockbroker (English): A person who buys and sells shares on a stock...

Definitions

  1. A person who buys and sells shares on a stock...

Ancestry of “stockbroker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbrokercomparative form of broke: more broke; A mediator...
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-āre—
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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