From Proto-Germanic *stakka (stake) via Spanish 'estacada' and French—a word that made a full round trip back to its Germanic origin.
A defensive barrier made of upright wooden stakes or posts; also, a military prison.
From Spanish 'estacada' (a palisade, a fenced enclosure), from 'estaca' (stake, post), from Proto-Germanic *stakka (stake, stick). The word traveled from Germanic to Spanish to French to English—a full circuit back to its Germanic origin. Key roots: *stakka (Proto-Germanic: "stake, post, stick").