Etymograph

English

shakeproof

From shake + -proof.

Formed from shake + -proof

Proto-Indo-European *skek- ‘to jump’

Proto-Germanic *skakaną ‘to shake, swing, escape’

Proto-West Germanic *skakan ‘to shake’

Old English sċacan ‘to pass or depart’

Middle English schaken ‘to rock or agitate’

English shake

Today it means

adj Of a washer: resistant to being loosened by vibration.

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

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