The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*stampōną“to squeeze, compress”
- Frankish · derived from*stampōn
- Medieval Latin · derived fromStampae
- English todayÉtampes
French, from Medieval Latin Stampae, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to squeeze, compress”). This name could have been in reference to fulling.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*stampōną all →
stampstampedestempel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.