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Where does “top” come from?
top (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *topp.
Ancestry of “top”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
*topp
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Words derived from “top”
going
top
stop
stopped
Go
ongoing
stopping
tops
desktop
laptop
atop
outgoing
topmost
stopper
stoppage
hilltop
topple
rooftop
gwine
nonstop
thoroughgoing
unstoppable
tabletop
topsoil
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