Where does “sterpigno” come from?

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

sterpigno (Italian): twiglike; Covered with scrub, scrubby

Definitions

  1. twiglike; Covered with scrub, scrubby

Ancestry of “sterpigno”, 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 →