Where does “stirps” come from?

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

stirps (English): A branch of a family; A progenitor of a branch of...

Definitions

  1. A branch of a family; A progenitor of a branch of...

Ancestry of “stirps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “stirps”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →
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