Where does “stultify” come from?

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

stultify (English): To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate...

Definitions

  1. To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate...

Ancestry of “stultify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstultusfoolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “stultify”

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