Étampes

English

Etymology

French, from Medieval Latin Stampae, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *stampōn, from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to squeeze, compress”). This name could have been in reference to fulling.

Proper noun

Étampes

  1. A commune in Essonne department, Île-de-France, France.

References

  • MULON (Marianne) Noms de lieux de l'Ile-de-France (1997), p. 172.

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