estopa

Portuguese

noun

Definitions

tow an untwisted bundle of fibers
(nautical) oakum fibrous caulking material

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese estopa inherited from Latin stuppa (tow, coarse flax) derived from Ancient Greek στύππη.

Origin

Ancient Greek

στύππη

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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
étoupe French
étouper French
estopa Spanish, Castilian
στύππη Ancient Greek
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