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Where does “stoppedness” come from?

stoppedness (English) comes from English stopped, from English stop, from English top, from Middle English top, from Old English topp, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

stoppedness (English): The quality of being stopped

Definitions

  1. The quality of being stopped

Ancestry of “stoppedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstoppedsimple past tense and past participle of stop;...
2EnglishstopTo cease moving; To not continue; To cause to...
3EnglishtopThe highest or uppermost part of something; A...
4Middle EnglishtopThe summit or top of something, especially a...
5Old Englishtopp—
6Proto-West Germanic*topp—
7Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
8Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...
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