Etymology

stocking

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Today it means: A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear. Full definition →

English stock ← Middle English stok ← Old English stocc
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stocking · noun1

From stock (“cover with material”) + -ing. Corruption of old plural -en, i.e. stocken, now singular.

stocking · verb, noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*stikaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*stukkaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*stokk
  5. Old Englishstocc
  6. Middle Englishstok
  7. Englishstock
  8. English todaystocking

From stock + -ing.

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