Some sources trace this “dock” back to the Latin “ducere,” meaning “to lead,” suggesting that the name comes from leading or pulling boats up onto the beach. Originally, borrowed from Germanic roots, the word simply meant the rut or hollow created by a boat lying on a beach at low tide. The third kind of “dock” to appear in English, in the early 16th century, is the sort Otis was sitting on, a wharf or pier for loading or unloading ships and boats. It was derived from the noun “dock” meaning “fleshy part of an animal’s tail,” which had appeared earlier in the century, apparently derived from a Germanic root meaning “bundle or bunch.” This verb “to dock” is the same one encountered when the boss “docks” your pay. As a verb meaning “to cut short,” “dock” first appeared in the late 14th century. The sort of “docking” done to your dog’s tail is the second oldest use of the word. The oldest is indeed a kind of plant called a “dock,” a term usually applied to members of the genus Rumex, although other species of plants are also called “docks.” This sort of “dock” takes its name from the Old English word for the plant,”docce,” which harks back to a Germanic root and has relatives in several other European languages. There are actually five separate “docks” in English. Hey, coincidences can be fun, too, and that’s what we have here, a five-layer historical coincidence. It certainly beats the theme from “Jeopardy.” Am I the only one around here who, upon hearing the word “dock,” automatically thinks “Otis Redding”? Now I have an apparently endless loop of “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” playing in my head. Is this coincidence or one of those wild word stories that make reading so much more fun than the stupid TV? – Sarah.
They will not only be docked of their half-pay, but will run great hazard of being put off with regard to a great share of their other pay.Dear Word Detective: “Dock” is a place to park and obtain access to a boat, what was done to my Schipperke’s tail in order to meet the AKC breed standard, and what a deep dish pizza recipe told me to do to the crust before baking it (stab it gently and repeatedly with a fork). An early example of it is found in the records of one of the founding fathers of the USA - The Writings of James Madison: 1783-1787: That usage dates from the late 18th century. This use of 'dock' has nothing to do with ships.ĭocking was a generally used term meaning 'cut short' for many centuries before it began to be specifically associated with the withholding of payment. [ His hair was cut round even with his ears His heer was by his erys ful round yshorn That form of the word dates back to at least the 14th century, when it was used by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Reeve's Tale, from The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, circa 1386: That relates to the Old English 'dock' - 'to cut short, particularly of the hair or tail of an animal' and that practise is still commonplace in the dog and horse breeding communities. The docking of pay is altogether different. That meaning of docking is 'join together, by bringing into an anchorage or resting place'.
Ships may be docked and these days so may spacecraft and even computers and phones. What's the origin of the phrase 'Dock your pay'? Money and wealth What's the meaning of the phrase 'Dock your pay'?.
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