From Middle English forstoppen, from Old English forstoppian (“to stop up, close”), equivalent to for- + stop. Cognate with Dutchverstoppen (“to clog, obstruct, conceal”), Germanverstopfen (“to block, clog, plug, stop up”), Swedishförstoppa (“to constipate”).
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