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stoopEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English stoupen, from Old English stūpian (“to bow, bend”), from Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn, from Proto-Germanic *stūpōną, *stūpijaną (“to stand out”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, butt, knock”). Compare steep. Cognate with Dutch stuipen (“to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward”), Old Norse stúpa (“to stoop”). Related also to Old Frisian stēpa (“to help”), Old Norse steypa (“to cause to stoop, cast down, overthrow”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗stoopEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English stope, stoupe, from Old Norse staup (“dip, well, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *staupą, related to the verb *staupijaną (“to steep”). Related to Old English stēap (“drinking vessel, cup, flagon, stoop”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗stoopEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Borrowed from Dutch stoep (“platform", "pavement”). Doublet of stoep. Cognate with step.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗stoopEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Middle English stoupe, stulpe, from Old Norse stólpi (“post, pillar”), from Proto-Germanic *stulpô.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- StoopEnglish · e-38700-3236
Stoop, stōōp, v.i. to bend the body: to lean forward: to submit: to descend from rank or dignity: to condescend: to swoop down on the wing, as a bird of prey.—v.t. to cause to incline downward.—n. the act of stooping: in
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Stoop, stōōp, n. (Shak.) a vessel of liquor, a flagon: liquor for drinking: a basin for holy water. [A.S. stoppa, a cup—steáp, a cup; Low Ger. stoop.]
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Stoop, stōōp, n. an open platform before the entrance of a house. [Dut. stoep.]
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Stoop, stōōp, n. a prop, support, a patron.
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