English

gangstalk

From gang + stalk.

A compound of gang + stalk

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- ‘to step, walk’

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Proto-Germanic *gangaz ‘going, way’

Proto-West Germanic *gang ‘way, going’

Old English gang ‘journey; way, passage’

Middle English gang ‘journey; company’

English gang

Middle English stalke

English stalk

Today it means

verb To stalk an individual as a large group of people who coordinate their separate stalking activities.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gangstalk