The story
- Old English · derived fromstapol“pillar, column; post”
- English todayStaploe
From Old English stapol (“pillar, column; post”) + hōh (“spur of land”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstapol all →
stapleStapletonStaplehurstStapeleyStaple Hill
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.