Middle English staple

← Middle English stapel (doublet)

← Middle English stapel (alter)

← Middle English stapil (alter)

← Middle English stapul (alter)

← Old French estaple (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (derived)

← Scots staple (link)

← Scots steple (link)

→ English staple (inherited)

→ Middle English stapel (alter)