estaple

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin stapula, from Middle Dutch stapel, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“pillar, post; basis, foundation”).

Noun

estaple oblique singular, f (oblique plural estaples, nominative singular estaple, nominative plural estaples)

1. marketplace

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: staple
  • → Middle English: staple, stapel, stapil, stapul
    • English: staple
    • Scots: stapill, staple, steple
• Middle French: estappe
  • French: étape (see there for further descendants)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (estaple)
• estaple on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub