Etymology Explorer › Latin

Where does “stirps” come from?

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

stirps (Latin): rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...

Definitions

  1. rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a...

Ancestry of “stirps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “stirps”

  • extirpate
  • stirps
  • extirpative
  • extirpator
  • stirpiculture
  • exstirpare
  • extirpate
  • exstirpans
  • exstirpaturus
  • exstirpatus
  • exstirpandus
  • exstirpo
  • extirpans
  • extirpaturus
  • extirpandus
  • extirpatus
  • extirpo
  • stirpem
  • estirpe
  • extirpar
  • estirpare
  • sterpaia
  • sterpaio
  • sterpeto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →