Where does “étiolé” come from?

étiolé (French) comes from French étioler, from French étieuler, from Old French estuble, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

étiolé (French): past participle of étioler

Definitions

  1. past participle of étioler

Ancestry of “étiolé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétiolerto etiolate
2Frenchétieuler—
3Old Frenchestublestubble
4Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
5Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
6Proto-Italicstipsstalk
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “étiolé”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp- →Every word from Proto-Italic stips →Every word from Proto-Italic stipelā →