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Where does “estoupail” come from?
estoupail (Old French) comes from Latin stuppa, from Ancient Greek στύππη — tow, flax, oakum.
Ancestry of “estoupail”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
stuppa
coarse flax, tow
2
Ancient Greek
στύππη
tow, flax, oakum
Words derived from “estoupail”
estoppel
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