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
- third-person singular past historic of stipuler
Ancestry of “stipula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | stipuler | to specify, stipulate |
| 2 | Latin | stipulari | present active infinitive of stipulor; to... |
| 3 | Latin | stipulor | to demand a formal promise, to bargain, to... |
| 4 | Latin | stipula | stalk; stubble; straw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | stipelā | straw |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | stips | stalk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steyp- | be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect |