Étampes

proper noun

A commune in Essonne department, Île-de-France, France.

OriginMedieval Latin Stampae ← Frankish *stampōn ← Proto-Germanic *stampōną →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A commune in Essonne department, Île-de-France, France.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*stampōną“to squeeze, compress”
  2. Frankish*stampōn
  3. Medieval LatinStampae
  4. EnglishÉtampes

French, from Medieval Latin Stampae, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to squeeze, compress”). This name could have been in reference to fulling.

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APA

Étampes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%89tampes

MLA

“Étampes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%89tampes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Étampes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%89tampes.

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