Etymology

shortstop

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Today it means: The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman. Full definition →

English stop ← Middle English stoppen ← Old English stoppian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*skertaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*skurtaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skurt
  5. Old Englishsċort
  6. Middle Englishschort
  7. Englishshort
  8. Proto-West Germanic*stoppōn
  9. Old Englishstoppian
  10. Middle Englishstoppen
  11. Englishstop
  12. English todayshortstop

From short + stop.

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