estache

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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estache oblique singularf (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

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Descendants

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

References

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