Where does “etiolate” come from?

etiolate (English) comes from French étiolé, from French étioler, from French étieuler, from Old French estuble, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

etiolate (English): To make pale through lack of light, especially of...

Definitions

  1. To make pale through lack of light, especially of...

Ancestry of “etiolate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétiolépast participle of étioler
2Frenchétiolerto etiolate
3Frenchétieuler
4Old Frenchestublestubble
5Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
6Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
7Proto-Italicstipsstalk
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “etiolate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp-
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