Where does “stipulate” come from?

stipulate (Italian) comes from Italian stipulato, from Italian stipulare, from Latin stipulari, from Latin stipulor, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

stipulate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “stipulate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstipulatopast participle of stipulare
2Italianstipulareto draw up or finalize
3Latinstipularipresent active infinitive of stipulor; to...
4Latinstipulorto demand a formal promise, to bargain, to...
5Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
6Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
7Proto-Italicstipsstalk
8Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steyp-Every word from Proto-Italic stipsEvery word from Proto-Italic stipelā