estaple

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin stapula, ultimately from Frankish *stapul (“pillar, post; basis, foundation”).

Noun

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

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)
→ Italian: stapula

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

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