LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.03.29 (01) [E]

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29 March 2006 * Volume 01
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From: Marcel Bas <marcelbas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.03.28 (04) [D/E/V]


  From: Kevin Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net >
  Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.03.28 (02) [D/E/LS]
  >I'd say that "stoop" is at least understood, if not actively >used, all 
over
  >the US. I learned it from my parents, who grew up in >Tennessee and 
Kentucky.
  >In my mind, a stoop is fairly small and usually made of >concrete or 
stone. A
  >porch is larger, and often made of wood.

Then the use of the word is far common nowadays, than the etymological 
explanations tell us at first hand. In the Oxford English dictionary we see:
stoop, n.3
N. Amer.
[a. Du. stoep: see STOEP.]
    a. 'An uncovered platform before the entrance of a house, raised, and 
approached by means of steps. Sometimes incorrectly used for porch or 
veranda.' (Cent. Dict.)

1789 Massachusetts Spy 20 Aug. 3/2 Several persons were in a stoop and at 
windows within fifteen or twenty feet from the tree. 1833 C. P. TRAILL 
Backwoods of Canada ix. (1836) 142 The Canadians call these verandahs 
'stoups'. 1837 HAWTHORNE Amer. Note-bks. 13 July (1883) 58 Councillors 
seated about, sitting on benches near the bar, or on the stoop along the 
front of the house. 1856 MISS WARNER Hills Shatemuc ii, He was cleaning the 
harness of the wagon, and he took it out into the broad stoop outside of the 
kitchen door. 1883 STEVENSON Across the Plains (1896) 16 The clear, bright, 
gardened townships spoke of country fare and pleasant summer evenings on the 
stoop.

Obviously, this word has two homonyms: one which denotes 'a post, pillar' 
[ <stulpe, stolpe] and one which denotes 'an act of stooping'.

But we can safely assume that the porch/verandah-word derives from Dutch 
'stoep'.

Best regards,

Marcel. 

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