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Where does “sterpo” come from?

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

sterpo (Italian): dry twig or branch; brushwood; first-person...

Definitions

  1. dry twig or branch; brushwood; first-person...

Ancestry of “sterpo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstirpemaccusative singular of stirpēs
2Latinstirpsrootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “sterpo”

  • sterpaia
  • sterpaio
  • sterpeto
  • sterpame
  • sterposo
  • sterpigno
  • sterpiccio
  • sterpo
  • sterpaglia
  • sterpare
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