Stalk

Morpheme

Stalk

Type

free base

Denotation

move stealthily

Etymology

Middle English stalken; unattested Old English *stealcian (bestealcian, stealcung)

Evidence

cyberstalker, cyberstalking, deathstalker, deerstalker, stalk, stalked, stalker, stalking, stalks, unstalked

Notes

possibly retains the intensive or frequentative -k suffix

See Also

Steal

Homographs

Stalk, Stalk