estamper

== French == === Alternative forms === étamper === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French estamper, stamper, étamper, from Old French estamper (“to crush”), from Frankish *stampôn (“to crush”) or Old High German stampfōn (modern German stampfen), from Proto-West Germanic *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną, from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰ- (“to trample down”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.tɑ̃.pe/ === Verb === estamper to emboss to stamp (mark by pressing quickly and heavily) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: estampar → Spanish: estampar === References === Brosman, Paul (1999): The Rhine Franconian Element in Old French, p51 Skeat, Walter (2005): An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, p. 759 === Further reading === “estamper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === empêtras, prêtâmes, tempéras