Etymograph

English

estop

Estop comes from Middle English estoppen ‘to prevent (conception)’, from Old French estoper ‘to stop up, block, plug’, and ultimately from Frankish *stoppōn.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*stoppōn‘to stop, plug, insert’reconstructed
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEstuppō‘to stop up, block, plug’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estoper‘to stop up, block, plug’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500estoppen‘to prevent (conception)’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1957estop

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*stoppōn‘to stop, plug, insert’reconstructed
  2. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEstuppō‘to stop up, block, plug’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estoper‘to stop up, block, plug’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500estoppen‘to prevent (conception)’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1957estop

Earliest quotation: 1957, William F. Buckley Jr.: “[…] we twitted them, while we were together in…”

Every English word from Frankish *stoppōn

Today it means

verb To impede or bar by estoppel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Frankish *stoppōn / estop

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