English

stud book

From stud + book.

A compound of stud + book

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand, set’

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Proto-Germanic *stōdą ‘a herd of horses’

Proto-West Germanic *stōd

Old English stōd

Middle English stood

English stud

Proto-Germanic *bōks ‘letter’

Proto-West Germanic *bōk ‘inscribed billet, letter’

Old English bōc

Middle English bok ‘a document’

English book

Today it means

noun In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.

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

Etymograph / stud book