Etymology

estop

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Today it means: To impede or bar by estoppel. Full definition →

Middle English estoppen ← Old French estoper ← Late Latin stuppō
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromstuppō
  2. Old French · derived fromestoper
  3. Middle English · inherited fromestoppen“to prevent (conception)”
  4. English todayestop

Inherited from Middle English estoppen (“to prevent (conception)”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.