The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*stembʰ-“to trample down”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*stampōną“to compress, squeeze; to stamp”
- Gothic · derived from*𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽
- Old Occitan · derived fromestampida
- Spanish · derived fromestampida
- Mexican Spanish · derived fromestampida“a stampede”
- English todaystampede
The noun is derived from Mexican Spanish estampida (“a stampede”), from Spanish estampida, estampido (“a bang, a crack (sound)”), from Old Occitan estampida, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*stampjan), from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze; to stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰ- (“to trample down”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*stampōną all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.