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
- A line descended from a single ancestor; A line...
Ancestry of “stirp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stirps | A branch of a family; A progenitor of a branch of... |
| 2 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |