Etymology

stapler

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Today it means: A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper. Full definition →

English staple ← Middle English stapel ← Old English stapol
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stapler · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*stebʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*stapulaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*stapul
  4. Old Englishstapol
  5. Middle Englishstapel
  6. Englishstaple
  7. English todaystapler

From staple (verb) + -er.

stapler · noun2

From staple (noun) + -er.

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