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Where does “stipule” come from?

stipule (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.

stipule (English): A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a...

Definitions

  1. A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a...

Ancestry of “stipule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
2Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
3Proto-Italicstipsstalk
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “stipule”

  • stipular
  • stipuled
  • pseudostipule
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