Where does “ŝtupo” come from?
ŝtupo (Esperanto) comes from German Stufe, from Italian stufa, from Italian stufare, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh-, from Proto-Indo-European dheu- — scatter like dust.
ŝtupo (Esperanto): step; degree; stage
Definitions
- step; degree; stage
Ancestry of “ŝtupo”, step by step
ŝtupo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Stufe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stufe | step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;... |
| 2 | Italian | stufa | feminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person... |
| 3 | Italian | stufare | to stew; to bore or weary |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |