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Where does “stake” come from?

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

stake (Middle English): A stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or...

Definitions

  1. A stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or...

Ancestry of “stake”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stake”

  • stake
  • stack
  • stakeholder
  • stacking
  • smokestack
  • stakeout
  • multistakeholder
  • stacker
  • stackable
  • grubstake
  • sweepstake
  • stackyard
  • stakeholding
  • restack
  • unstack
  • stackup
  • prestack
  • drystack
  • staker
  • stakeholdership
  • multistack
  • wheatstack
  • stackability
  • stakehole
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