English

jackstone

From jack + stone.

A compound of jack + stone

Middle Dutch Jan ‘John’

Middle Dutch Janke

Anglo-Norman Jakke

Middle English Jakke

English Jack

English jack

Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- ‘to stiffen’

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Proto-Germanic *stainaz

Proto-West Germanic *stain

Old English stān

Middle English ston ‘a stone’

English stone

Today it means

noun A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.

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

Etymograph / jackstone