Where does “stupro” come from?

stupro (Esperanto) comes from Italian stupro, from Latin stuprum, from Latin stupere, from Latin stupeo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tup-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

stupro (Esperanto): rape

Definitions

  1. rape

Ancestry of “stupro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstuprorape; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Latinstuprumdishonor, disgrace, shame, defilement;...
3Latinstuperepresent active infinitive of stupeō; to be...
4LatinstupeoI am stunned, stiffened or benumbed, stop,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tup-
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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