Etymology

shareholder

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Today it means: One who owns shares of stock in a corporation. Full definition →

English holder ← Middle English holden ← Old English healdan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)koréh₂
  2. Proto-Germanic*skarō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*skaru
  4. Old Englishsċearu
  5. Middle Englishschare
  6. Englishshare
  7. Proto-Germanic*haldaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*haldan
  9. Old Englishhealdan
  10. Middle Englishholden
  11. Englishhold
  12. Englishholder
  13. English todayshareholder

From share + holder.

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