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Where does “Stufe” come from?

Stufe (German) comes from Italian stufa, from Italian stufare, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh-, from Proto-Indo-European dheu- — scatter like dust.

Stufe (German): step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;...

Definitions

  1. step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;...

Ancestry of “Stufe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstufafeminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person...
2Italianstufareto stew; to bore or weary
3Medieval Latinstupha—
4Ancient Greekτῦφοςa kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense
5Ancient Greekτύφωto smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandhubh-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandheu-scatter like dust

Words derived from “Stufe”

  • штуф
  • Abstufung
  • Zwischenstufe
  • abstufen
  • einstufig
  • stufen
  • Stufenheck
  • Halbstufenpotential
  • Einstufung
  • Stufenprüfung
  • einstufen
  • herabstufen
  • stufenlos
  • Oxidationsstufe
  • ŝtupetaro
  • ŝtuparo
  • ŝtupeskalo
  • ŝtupo
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