Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Medieval Latin staca, possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), Proto-Germanic *stakô (a stake). Alternatively from Frankish *staka, from the same Proto-Germanic root.

Noun edit

estache oblique singularf (oblique plural estaches, nominative singular estache, nominative plural estaches)[1]

  1. stake (piece of wood plunged into the ground)
  2. strap (piece of material used to attach)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle French: estache, estaque
  • Norman: étac (Guernesiais)
  • Middle English: stache, stage

References edit

  1. ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (estache)