Etymology

restock

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Today it means: To stock again; to resupply with a stock of goods. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  10. Old Englishstocc
  11. Middle Englishstok
  12. Englishstock
  13. English todayrestock

From re- + stock.

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