English

lackstock

From lack + stock.

A compound of lack + stock

Proto-Germanic *lakaz ‘limp’

Proto-Germanic *laką

Proto-West Germanic *lak

Old English *læc ‘deficiency’

Middle English lack

English lack

Proto-Germanic *stukkaz ‘tree-trunk’

Proto-West Germanic *stokk

Old English stocc ‘log, trunk’

Middle English stok ‘tree trunk’

English stock

Today it means

noun A person who has no money in stocks and shares.

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

Etymograph / lackstock