Where does “sterposo” come from?
sterposo (Italian) comes from Italian sterpo, from Latin stirpem, from Latin stirps, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
sterposo (Italian): Covered with scrub, scrubby
Definitions
- Covered with scrub, scrubby
Ancestry of “sterposo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sterpo | dry twig or branch; brushwood; first-person... |
| 2 | Latin | stirpem | accusative singular of stirpēs |
| 3 | Latin | stirps | rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |