Where does “stirp” come from?

stirp (English) comes from English stirps, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

stirp (English): A line descended from a single ancestor; A line...

Definitions

  1. A line descended from a single ancestor; A line...

Ancestry of “stirp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstirpsA branch of a family; A progenitor of a branch of...
2Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →Every word from English stirps →