Where does “sterpe” come from?

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

sterpe (Italian): Archaic form of sterpo; plural of sterpa

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of sterpo; plural of sterpa

Ancestry of “sterpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stirps →