Etymology

livestock

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Today it means: Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation. Full definition →

English stock ← Middle English stok ← Old English stocc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  6. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  7. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  9. Old Englishlīf
  10. Old Englishlīfe
  11. Old Englishon līfe
  12. Middle Englishalyve
  13. Englishaliveclip.
  14. Englishlive
  15. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  16. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  17. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  18. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  19. Old Englishstocc
  20. Middle Englishstok
  21. Englishstock
  22. English todaylivestock

From live + stock.

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