Where does “stipula” come from?

stipula (English) comes 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.

stipula (English): A stipule; A newly sprouted feather

Definitions

  1. A stipule; A newly sprouted feather

Ancestry of “stipula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
2Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
3Proto-Italicstipsstalk
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →Every word from Proto-Italic stips →Every word from Proto-Italic stipelā →