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Stoop

2 stages from Dutch to English.

Today it means a small staircase or porch leading to the entrance of a house
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stoep
Dutch · medieval
"a step, raised platform"
meaning "a step" or "raised platform"
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stoop
English · 1600s-1700s
"a small porch or entrance staircase"
adopted through Dutch settlers in colonial New York
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