Where does “estoper” come from?

estoper (Old French) comes from Latin stuppō, from Frankish stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic stuppōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

estoper (Old French): to stop up, block, plug

Definitions

  1. to stop up, block, plug

Ancestry of “estoper”, step by step

estoper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin stuppō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstuppōto stop up, block, plug
2Frankishstoppōnto cram, plug, stuff
3Proto-Germanicstuppōnąto stop; to close
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewb-to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Latin stuppāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstuppāreto obstruct, block up, plug up, stop, stop up (i.e. with tow/oakum)
2Latinstuppacoarse flax, tow
3Ancient Greekστύππηtow, flax, oakum

Words derived from “estoper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stuppōną →