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Where does “stipuler” come from?

stipuler (French) comes 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.

stipuler (French): to specify, stipulate

Definitions

  1. to specify, stipulate

Ancestry of “stipuler”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stipuler”

  • stipula
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