The story
- Old English · derived fromstapol“post, pillar”
- English todayStapleton
From Old English stapol (“post, pillar”) + tūn (“enclsoure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstapol all →
stapleStaplehurstStapeleyStaple HillStaploe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.