estache

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin staca, possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), Proto-Germanic *stakô (“a stake”). Alternatively from Frankish *staka, from the same Proto-Germanic root.

Noun

estache oblique singular, f (oblique plural estaches, nominative singular estache, nominative plural estaches)[1]

  1. stake (piece of wood plunged into the ground)
  2. strap (piece of material used to attach)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle French: estache, estaque
  • Norman: étac (Guernesiais)
  • → Middle English: stache, stage

References
  1. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (estache)
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