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Where does “stipula” come from?

stipula (French) comes from French stipuler, from Latin stipulari, from Latin stipulor, 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.

stipula (French): third-person singular past historic of stipuler

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of stipuler

Ancestry of “stipula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchstipulerto specify, stipulate
2Latinstipularipresent active infinitive of stipulor; to...
3Latinstipulorto demand a formal promise, to bargain, to...
4Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
5Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
6Proto-Italicstipsstalk
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect
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