Middle English word forstoppen comes from Old English stoppian ((a hole or aperture) To close. To stop.), Old English for-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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stoppian | Old English (ang) | (a hole or aperture) To close. To stop. |
for- | Old English (ang) | Forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially ‘wrongly, away from, astray, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction’. Used to create intensified adjectives and verbs from other adjectives and verbs, with the sense of completely or fully. Compare Modern English use of up. Very. |
forstoppian | Old English (ang) | To stop up. |
forstoppen | Middle English (enm) |