Etymology

estoc

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Today it means: A type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate. Full definition →

French estoc ← Proto-West Germanic *stokōn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*stokōn“to push, thrust”
  2. French · borrowed fromestoc
  3. English todayestoc

From French estoc, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn (“to push, thrust”); see there for more. Compare Middle English touk (“a sword”) (whence obsolete English tuck (“rapier, sword”)), Middle English stok(e) (“blow with a sword”) (both probably from Old French estoc).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*stokōn all →

stoke

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.