English
jack up
Jack up comes from English jack ‘mechanical device used to raise heavy objects’.
- English1500–presentjack‘mechanical device used to raise heavy objects’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907jack up
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentjack‘mechanical device used to raise heavy objects’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907jack up
Earliest quotation: 1907, United States Circuit Courts of Appeals : “Nor was there any proof that they had been…”
Linked words
through English jack ‘mechanical device used to raise heavy objects’
Today it means
verb To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English jack / jack up