Where does “sterpare” come from?

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

sterpare (Italian): to remove brushwood

Definitions

  1. to remove brushwood

Ancestry of “sterpare”, 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 →