estopa
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- tow an untwisted bundle of fibers
- (nautical) oakum fibrous caulking material
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish estopa inherited from Latin stuppa (tow, coarse flax) derived from Ancient Greek στύππη.
Origin
Ancient Greek
στύππη
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *adstuppō Latin
- *dis-stupō Latin
- *stuppāre Latin
- stuppa Latin
- stuppo Latin
- stuppo, stuppō Latin
- stoppa Italian
- στύππη Ancient Greek
- estopa Portuguese
- stoppe Danish
- estupe Old French
- estopa Galician
- astupa Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- destupa Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- stupă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- shtupë Albanian
- estopa Old Portuguese
- stupã Aromanian
- stope Friulian
- estopa Old Spanish
- stuppagghiu Sicilian
- stuppari Sicilian
- stupar Venetian