Where does “sterpaio” come from?

sterpaio (Italian) comes from Italian sterpo, from Latin stirpem, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

sterpaio (Italian): scrub, scrubland

Definitions

  1. scrub, scrubland

Ancestry of “sterpaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansterpodry twig or branch; brushwood; first-person...
2Latinstirpemaccusative singular of stirpēs
3Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →Every word from Latin stirpem →
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