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Where does “stack” come from?

stack (Middle English) comes from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic stakô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

stack (Middle English): Alternative form of stak; Alternative form of...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of stak; Alternative form of...

Ancestry of “stack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstacastake
2Proto-Germanicstakôstake
3Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “stack”

  • stack
  • stacking
  • smokestack
  • stacker
  • stackable
  • stackyard
  • restack
  • unstack
  • stackup
  • prestack
  • drystack
  • multistack
  • wheatstack
  • stackability
  • stackless
  • bookstack
  • stackroom
  • doublestack
  • superstack
  • interstack
  • antistacking
  • substack
  • nonstacking
  • nonstackable
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