English

hookshop

hook + shop

A compound of hook + shop

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Proto-Indo-European *skub-

Proto-Germanic *skupp- ‘barn’

Old English sċoppa ‘shed’

Middle English shoppe

English shop

Today it means

noun A brothel.

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

Etymograph / hookshop