English

jackscrew

From jack + screw.

A compound of jack + screw

Middle Dutch Jan ‘John’

Middle Dutch Janke

Anglo-Norman Jakke

Middle English Jakke

English Jack

English jack

Middle English screw

English screw

Today it means

noun A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.

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

Etymograph / jackscrew