stamp
English
/stæmp/
noun
Definitions
- An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
- An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.
- A device for stamping designs.
- A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
- A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
- (slang) A tattoo.
- (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide.
- A kind of heavy pestle, raised by water or steam power, for crushing ores.
- Cast; form; character; distinguishing mark or sign; evidence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English stampen (pound, crush) inherited from Old English *stampian inherited from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (squeeze, compress, stamp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *stemb- (trample down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*stemb-
Gloss
trample down
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- SmartStamp English
- brick English
- brickstamp English
- counterstamp English
- date English
- datestamp English
- enstamp English
- hand English
- handstamp English
- head English
- headstamp English
- microstamp English
- mill English
- misstamp English
- overstamp English
- prestamp English
- restamp English
- smart English
- stamp mill English
- stampability English
- stampable English
- stamper English
- stampest English
- stampeth English
- stampless English
- stampomania English
- time English
- timestamp English
- unstamp English
- unstampable English
- Stampfer German
- stampfen German
- zerstampfen German
- aanstampen Dutch, Flemish
- stampen Dutch, Flemish
- stamper Dutch, Flemish
- stamppot Dutch, Flemish
- stampvoeten Dutch, Flemish
- estamper French
- *stemb- Proto-Indo-European
- *stembʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *stampijaną Proto-Germanic
- *stampōną Proto-Germanic
- stampa Swedish
- stąpać Polish
- *stampian Old English
- stempan Old English
- stampen Middle English
- *stǫpati Proto-Slavic
- इस्टाम Hindi
- estampinar Galician
- แสตมป์ Thai
- stampen Middle Dutch
- stampfōn Old High German
- స్టాంపు Telugu
- setem Malay
- 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *stampōn gmw-pro
- 士擔 Chinese
- stempu Swahili
- stampa Old Swedish
- *stampōn Frankish
- isitampu Xhosa
- stem Tok Pisin
- sitembu Swati