Etymograph

English

stackroom

From stack + room.

A compound of stack + room

Proto-Indo-European *stogʰ-

Proto-Germanic *stakkaz ‘a barn’

Old Norse stakkr ‘a barn’

Middle English stack

English stack

Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- ‘to root’

Proto-Germanic *rūmą

Proto-West Germanic *rūm

Old English rūm ‘room’

Middle English roum ‘room’

English room

Today it means

noun A room that houses stacks in a library.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stackroom”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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