{"era":"current","word":"stake","meaning":"A strong post or timber pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a support or a marker.","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"staca","meaning":"stake","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"*stak","meaning":"post, pole","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"*stakon","meaning":"stake, pole","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old Frankish"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Modern English"}