Stack
/stæk/noun
A pile of things arranged one on top of another.
Did you know?The English word *stack* comes from an old Germanic word for a heap or pile, and while it isn’t the spooky kind of word with a secret occult meaning, it does carry the ancient human idea of collecting power by layering things up.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steg-
“to cover, overlie, or place on top”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*stakkaz
“a post, stake, or upright piece of wood”
Old English
OE
stac
“a stack or heap, especially of hay or corn”
Middle English
ME
stacke
“a pile or heap of things”
Modern English
English
stack
“a pile of objects arranged one above another”